Rafael Hernández Colón, a three-term governor of Puerto Rico who argued for the preservation of the island’s commonwealth status while others were calling for either statehood or independence, died on Thursday at his home there. He was 82. Ricardo Rossello, Puerto Rico’s current governor, announced the death and declared a 30-day mourning period. Mr. Hernández Colón had been undergoing treatment […]

Trust can be one of the hardest things to fully achieve in a relationship. Even if you know deep down that your partner cares for and respects you, trust isn’t always easy to give — especially if you’ve been scorned before. It takes serious work to achieve total relationship trust, and for those who have managed to get there: What’s […]

Assembling a few found shards from the recent history of endlessly broken Afghanistan, “What We Left Unfinished” is cultural archaeology of special interest to cineastes. Miriam Ghani’s film spotlights five features that were abandoned during that nation’s Communist era (1978-1991), their fate decreed by regime changes or the vagaries of censorship. Excerpts from surviving footage plus latter-day interviews with the […]

NBCUniversal has named Jeff Bader its chief research officer, expanding his role to include oversight across the company’s television portfolio and spearheading a new corporate and research strategy group at NBCU. The new corporate group will be run by Lisa Heimann, who reports to Bader and has been upped to executive vice president of corporate research and strategy. The new […]

TORONTO —   Veteran Toronto director Laurie Lynd taps into the myth-busting 2017 book “Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic” for a documentary feature that reframes the legacy of Quebec flight attendant Gaetan Dugas, a promiscuous gay man who was incorrectly identified as patient zero by investigators from the U.S. Center for Disease Control in the early […]

These days, keeping up with Meghan Markle’s due date is more complicated than keeping up with all of the Kardashians combined.  And now, we have Prince Harry to thank for getting us even more riled up about just when Baby Sussex will be gracing us with his or her royal presence. The Duke of Sussex’s forthcoming trip to the Netherlands, […]

Here’s some news that black-ish fans are really going to love. On Friday, May 3, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the hit ABC series is receiving another offshoot guaranteed to resonate with fans in a brand new way. The new black-ish spinoff, titled mixed-ish, will revolve around a younger version of Tracee Ellis Ross’ character, Dr. Rainbow Johnson and her […]

APEX, N.C. — All the counseling, therapy and medication did little to ease 9-year-old Sobie Cummings’ crippling anxiety and feelings of isolation. And so a psychiatrist suggested that a service dog might help the autistic child connect with other kids. To Glenn and Rachel Cummings, Mark Mathis seemed like a dream come true. His kennel, Ry-Con Service Dogs, was just […]

Dustin Lance Black’s autobiography “Mama’s Boy” (Alfred A. Knopf, $26.95) focuses less on his showbiz career and more on his early formative years. As a painfully shy kid, he survived physical abuse, Mormon repression and Texas-style military conservatism, to become the Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Milk” (2008). He has used his fame to campaign for human rights and equality, helping to […]

A blast IN the past! Photographer edits herself into images of historical figures to show what it might be like to snap a selfie with the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Albert Einstein Hungarian artist and photographer Flóra Borsi released a photo series in April entitled Selfie  The photo series fits Borsi into historical pictures so she can take a ‘selfie’ […]