A&E

Editor’s note: Annie is away. This was originally published in 2023.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Do you have a suitable answer to those who say to me, an older woman, “You must have been attractive when you were young,” or after looking at an earlier photo, “Is that you?”

Oliver Tree, an alternative-pop singer from California, who was known for his signature bowl cut-style bangs, is presumed to be dead after a helicopter accident in Brazil.

Literally and artistically, Duncan Clark Menzies is the odd one out in his family.

Growing up in the 1980s, Kassahun “Kass” Kebede did not know the luxury of computers, school buses or even a favorite book. Raised in Sendafa-Beke, located nearly 8,000 feet above sea level in the rural highlands of Ethiopia, Kebede and his family worked a farm tending cows and harvesting wheat. They struggled to make ends meet. As a child, Kebede often walked three miles to school on a dirt road in harsh winter conditions. Many of his peers made that same trek with bare feet and no gloves. “Most people think it’s hot there, but it is actually really cold,” he said.

DETROIT – Jim Adkins took “The Middle” all the way to the top.

Tyra Banks is suing Netflix over her participation in its docuseries about "America’s Next Top Model," alleging the creators misled her about the nature of the project and made defamatory claims about her through the editing.

This summer, the New World is the ultimate dupe for the Old World.

When actor Rainn Wilson talks about spirituality, he knows he turns a lot of people off.

Dear Doctors: In a recent column, you explained that women can develop repeated urinary tract infections, even with careful hygiene. What about men? Can they also get UTIs? If so, what causes them, and are cranberry supplements helpful for men as well?

Dear Annie: My son recently got married. My new daughter-in-law used to dress so cute. She always had makeup on and her hair done. But nowadays, she dresses like a slob. There are days I swear she doesn’t brush her hair. She’s told me herself that her mom has said to her, “What’s wrong with you? Since you got married, you’ve let yourself go,” and I think the same thing. I want to say something to her, but I don’t want to hurt her feelings. What should I do? – Troubled MIL

One dusty family photo album in my attic holds black-and-white snapshots of my mother and grandmother darning their socks in the early 1950s. My mother told me they’d stuff the socks with burned-out lightbulbs to hold them as they stitched.

When it comes to wall colors, some paint colors are in and some are simply out. Designer choices for wall colors nowadays reflect a desire toward relaxed and modern living as opposed to “stuffy” and formal. What’s in While moody colors may not be your favorite, charcoal gray and even black remain on trend. Considered modern and sleek, these colors work especially well when contrasted with wood ...

Gene Shalit, the legendary film critic best known for his long run on NBC’s “Today” show, died Friday, NBC reported. He was 100 years old.

NEW YORK — Just over a month after settling, the seemingly endless “It Ends With Us” legal saga might finally be over as a federal New York judge has ordered Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer Parties to pay Blake Lively’s legal fees. While Judge Lewis J. Liman on Friday signed off the “Gossip Girl” star’s request for the Wayfarer Parties to cover her legal fees, he denied her attempt at ...

The 32-year-old son of slain filmmakers Rob and Michelle Reiner appears close to receiving inheritance money from his parents’ estate as he prepares his criminal defense. Nick Reiner was to have received cash from a trust fund when he turned 30 in 2023, according to TMZ. He’s charged with killing his parents in their southern California home in December. Reiner, who has struggled with ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I believe what I buy at the grocery store is my own business, whether it’s carrots and onions or products whose purpose would be embarrassing if explained. I wish supermarkets would train their staff not to comment on customer purchases, no matter how benign the sentiment. (“Oh, I like those cookies!”)

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, June 6, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana. (Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.) HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Whistler: A Novel" by Ann Patchett (Harper) Last week: — 2. ...

Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "E.T" to his new sci-fi thriller "Disclosure Day," Steven Spielberg has spent nearly the entire length of his career returning to the possibility that we are not alone in the universe. Even "Firelight," the amateur movie he made as an Arizona teenager in 1964, revolved around extraterrestrial visitors.