Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the 1910s, adding another layer to the pope’s complex family history.

Tom Cruise is doing what he does best: scaling buildings, climbing on planes and all of those cuckoo bananas movie stunts that leave us slack-jawed.

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Tagore’s warrior princess Chitrangada dazzles in powerful musical dance-drama of self-discovery, says Can a 19th-century tale ...

At night, Disneyland is bringing back one its most popular nighttime parades, Paint the Night, which debuted during the ...

Two decades later, the final moments of Notting Hill still hit like a warm hug after a long day. Here’s what that ending really means, and why it remains one of the most satisfying conclusions in ...

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For Bono, the U2 frontman used to performing at sold-out arenas, being without his bandmates on a sparsely decorated stage for his one-man show, now subject of the new AppleTV+ documentary "Bono: ...

I love a good romantic comedy. Heck, I love a just-ok rom-com, if I'm being totally honest. Sometimes, a love story is just ...

For the Uruguayan leader, a longtime icon of the Latin American left, economic fairness was inseparable from human decency.

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