Travel & Experiences
Believe it or not: Alexander Patty could walk up and down staircases on his head.
Sept. 12, 1995
Television
Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” gets a TV adaptation on Netflix, with Andrew Scott in the title role and Steven Zaillian as the writer-director.
April 4, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
It’s all about the women in ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,’ a Reprise! revival greatly helped by a charismatic Alice Ripley.
March 8, 2002
Movies
Full of clanging corridors, belching furnaces and ravaging monsters, the cavernous maze-world of “Alien 3” (citywide) is not only seemingly the last stop for the entire “Alien” series--it looks like civilization’s last stop as well.
May 22, 1992
Movies: Every Oscar season should have such a problem: There’s noshortage of amazing, diverse work to vie for best cinematography.
Dec. 6, 1999
Culture Monster Blog
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June 6, 2009
California
“Little Frieda Pushnik, the Armless, Legless Girl Wonder,” who spent years as a touring attraction for Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, has died at age 77.
Dec. 29, 2000
The transplanted series, which thrived in its Blackpool setting, fails to take root in Nevada.
Oct. 18, 2007
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, step right up.
Sept. 27, 1990
Storms: Clinton’s declaration follows FEMA Director Witt’s tour of hard-hit areas, including Laguna Beach, where news of help is greeted enthusiastically.
Feb. 27, 1998