A library book that was checked out in July 1943 was finally returned to the San Antonio Public Library, nearly 82 years late. The book, “Your Child, His Family, and Friends” by Frances Bruce Strain, was due 28 days after it was checked out, the library said. When it was returned in June, it came…
“I’m not a big nostalgia person, because I think it’s a waste of time,” says the renowned photographer Pamela Hanson—whose 40-plus-year career includes shooting Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Sofia Coppola, and countless stars. Her images of Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, and Naomi Campbell in the 1990s were integral to shaping our perception of the…
Dutton We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. “Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency” (Dutton), by presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove, traces John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s years in the White House, including his final days leading up to a political fundraising trip in Texas. Read an excerpt below, and don’t miss…
What would Comic-Con be without celebrities? Pretty boring, we think. Thankfully, Hollywood showed up in a big way this year, and Friday proved to be a huge day for star gazing. Here’s a list of stars — A-listers and otherwise — spotted at Comic-Con. Comic-Con 2025: These were some of the celebrity sightings Thursday in…
Music. Spectacle. Style. Influence. For more than 20 years, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been a crucible of pop culture, shaping the music we listen to, the clothing we wear, the photos we take and even how we commune. In Desert Dreams: The Music, Style, and Allure of Coachella, veteran music and…
Fashion’s language is forever changing. Decades of trade talk and nuanced descriptions for textiles, clothes and accessories continue to shape the evolution of seasonal collections. To assist designers, merchants and students, in 1916 the Fairchild Publishing Co. announced the release of its first “Dictionary of Women’s Wear” by Louis Harmuth, a fashion editor of Women’s…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan can still remember her “first, most searing memory” about designer Virgil Abloh, who changed the fashion industry as we know it in the 2010s and is the subject of Givhan’s latest book, Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture With Virgil Abloh. It was 2015, and Abloh’s brand,…
What does it mean to have good character? – CBS News Watch CBS News What does it take to have character and the qualities needed to build a blueprint for living a life with purpose? Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, author of the new book “On Character,” joins to discuss. Be the first to know…
Prabal Gurung shares personal journey in new memoir, “Walk Like a Girl” – CBS News Watch CBS News Fashion designer Prabal Gurung joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss his memoir, “Walk Like a Girl,” which traces his path from Nepal to New York — and how designing for women like Michelle Obama and Beyoncé helped him…
Tinx trades TikTok for the Hamptons in her new novel, “Hotter in the Hamptons” – CBS News Watch CBS News Social media star and bestselling author Christina Najjar, known as Tinx, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss her new novel about cancel culture, reinvention and unexpected romance in the Hamptons. Be the first to know Get…