As Angela Davis celebrates her 82nd birthday Monday (Jan. 26), The Root honors the living legacy of the revolutionary, scholar, abolitionist and author. Here are 15 things you may not know about the ...

Oscar-winning actress Angela Bassett is weighing in on a playful ‘Saturday Night Live’ promo that pays homage to her iconic role as Bernadine in the 1995 film ‘Waiting to Exhale.’ Ahead of her ...

Teyana Taylor, a newly crowned Golden Globe winner for her turn as revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, took on the persona of another strong woman ...

In her debut, Angela Tomaski puts a quirky spin on Gothic storytelling. By Sadie Stein Sadie Stein is an editor at the Book Review. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, ...

Consider this: Winning an Academy Award isn't always all it's cracked up to be, according to Melissa Leo. The "Frozen River" star, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2011 for "The ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his pastoral staff as he celebrates Mass on the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 6, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters (OSV News) — ...

Leo’s Coney Island has received Midland City Council’s stamp of approval for an upcoming Midland location. City Council voted 4-0 on Monday night to approve a conditional use permit for a restaurant ...

MPR’s Angela Davis has returned to the airwaves with the announcement that she is now cancer-free. Davis took a break from “MPR News with Angela Davis” starting in late August 2025, although it wasn’t ...

Allow me to wrap up the doppelganger discourse by adding that digital interactions concerning look-alikes are as much fun as the face-to-face events (Letters, Jan. 8). I am Leo A. Gordon, a proud ...

Davina McCall’s husband shared a behind-the-scenes video of his wife’s transformation into a “trophy wife” for ITV’s Masked Singer. Michael Douglas revealed how he styled his wife for Saturday night’s ...