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Beating out some stiff competition, the dirty stars of Hollywood Boulevard can be crossed off your travel itinerary

In 1927, the founder of the Santa Claus Association – a group responsible for answering Santas mail in New York City – was exposed as a fraud. Read the fascinating story here

A Looking Glass for Our Time: Lessons From the 200-Year-Old Novel ‘Ivanhoe’ One of 12 Great Books Late last year, in separate conversations with three friends, I realized how slack I had grown in the reading of books. I read more than the average person. I’ve written weekly book reviews for the Smoky Mountain News for over 20 years, and I daily speed through a dozen or more articles online. But compared to my friends, my time spent with a book in my hand was pitiful. Moreover, I realized ...

You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. It’s almost as if this month Warner Archive wants to prove that color films in various varieties can be so vibrant as to literally pop off the screen. And they’ve succeeded. Along with the Eastman Color Pajama Game, we now have this wonderful 1947 Arthur Freed production, directed by Charles Walters, in three-strip Technicolor from the original n...