American Historian and Bestselling Author
The bells of St. Peter’s toll with solemn finality, and the cobblestone streets of the Eternal City feel heavier beneath my feet. I find myself back in Vatican Square, where not that long ago, I stood among thousands, watching Pope Francis extend his hands in blessing. It was a moment of rare connection—one man in white before an ocean of souls, each seeking something: hope, absolution, direction.
Friends with whom I grew up or who know the story of how I was almost thrown into a special education classroom in the second grade often marvel that I’ve built a life with words. They shake their heads and say, “It’s a miracle you’re a writer.”
Resurrecting Lucy’s El Adobe Café, a beloved Hollywood landmark facing a hopeful revival, restaurateur heiress Patricia Casado fights to restore her father Frank’s legacy. After years of decline, closure, and a bitter inheritance battle, her determination shines, blending nostalgia and resilience to bring this cherished hub back to life.
People often ask me which is my favorite out of all the books I’ve written, and I always reply that books are like children–you love them all equally but differently. Why didn’t they use some? Maybe those singers that they used in that thing we’re well known but I had heard of one of them I think out of the three or four that they used.
The author explains how THE BOOK OF MARILYN stems from his first column at the LA Herald Examiner that his editor rejected, causing him to resign and later inspiring his new debut novel.
Disappointed that the 62-year-old Demi Moore lost the Oscar for Best Actress to a woman more than half her age? You’re not alone. In a Twitter post that has already been viewed more than five million times, a observed what should have been the obvious: “Demi Moore losing to Mikey Madison is basically the plot of ‘The Substance’!
An emotiobal Zoe Saldaña celebrates immigrants in a tearful Oscar win speech for Best Supporting Actress in the film “Emilia Pérez”
It began at Canter’s Deli, of all places, because where else would one find true love at dawn? The air smelled of pastrami and ambition. And there, across the room, stood Miley Cyrus, wearing an oversized leather jacket and a look of unmistakable destiny. Our eyes met over a plate of lox and bagels. Sparks flew. Probably crumbs, too.
Songwriter J.D. Souther had that rare gift of capturing heartbreak and hope all in one breath. He could take a moment, a feeling, and turn it into something timeless. It wasn’t just music; it was emotion set to melody. And like all great songwriters, he wrote from a place of truth.
I AM FLYING OVER THE TOP OF L.A. in the world’s greatest sports car, clocking speeds well above 100 miles an hour then quickly braking to a fraction of that to keep the Ferrari from sailing off a winding curve on Mulholland Drive and into a canyon below — and it’s like orgasming in a dream. I am either about to wake up or go the way of James Dean, hypnotized as I am by the Ferrari’s spine-tingling engine sound as enchanting as the seductive sirens of Greek mythology.
I WAS ATTRACTED TO THE double tragedy of Mickey’s youth and his death hanging over him and how he loses the one
THE POPE WALKED into the office today. His presence was high-fashion pietistic. Divine off-white three-piece suit, his manicured hands cradling a
IF I WERE TO SAY MICHELANGELO AND SISTINE CHAPEL, what image would immediately come to mind? For most people, I think, it
MY FATHER NEVER said so, but I always got the impression that he wished Henry Cisneros had been his son. Henry and
A CHILD OF THE BOOMER generation, I grew up desperately wanting to be Ernest Hemingway. To run with the bulls in Pamplona. To
IN THE FALL OF 1975, WHEN MY WIFE decided she wanted a divorce, I moved into a quaint though dilapidated cottage in an
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Dressed in black leg warmers and an insulated lavender down vest to ward off the cold that had chilled the magnificent opera house,
‘An inspiring book about a primal force of history and faith’ “Almost since the beginning of time, armies had marched into war
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WHEN I WAS A STARRY-EYED high school sophomore dreaming that I could be the next Johnny Unitas, I met a real life
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