James Mitchell

Questions about Nikki Glaser get asked because she’s built a career on answering them before anyone asks. Born Nicole Rene Glaser on June 1, 1984, she turned blunt talk about relationships, drinking, and body image into a run of stand-up specials, television series, and hosting gigs. Born: June 1, 1984 · Age: 40 (as of … Read more

Few presidents have left a legacy as split as Richard Nixon’s. He opened the door to China, negotiated arms control with the Soviet Union, and then became the only U.S. president to resign after the Watergate scandal on August 9, 1974. Born: January 9, 1913 · Died: April 22, 1994 · Presidency: 1969–1974 · Party: … Read more

Few entertainers have made their own body the punchline as deliberately as Johnny Knoxville. For two decades, the co-creator of MTV’s Jackass turned self-inflicted injury into must-see TV — until a bull-stunt accident in 2022 left him with a brain hemorrhage and a doctor’s warning that abruptly closed that chapter (People’s health reporting). What follows … Read more

Most people can hum the first line of “Torn” even if they can’t name the woman singing it — that’s the mystery keeping this 1997 single alive, and its story began with a Danish version before Natalie Imbruglia made it global. The full picture includes the cover’s true origins, her biggest hits, and the other … Read more

Most people first meet Vera Wang in someone else’s wedding album. The designer behind that name opened her first bridal flagship on Madison Avenue in 1990, according to Vera Wang’s official biography, and spent decades keeping the brand independent before a majority-ownership deal with WHP Global. The label and the woman are now two different … Read more

Few performances make audiences root against a character and still want to keep watching — which is exactly the hold Homelander has had since the show’s first season. The man behind The Boys’ most unsettling superhero is Antony Starr, a New Zealand actor born in Wellington on 25 October 1975, according to Social Life Magazine … Read more

Few movies age as gracefully as a pink-suited comedy about a woman who refuses to be underestimated. Legally Blonde (2001) turned Reese Witherspoon into a superstar, and Australian viewers can stream it right now on Stan, according to Flicks (Australian movie guide), but the practical questions — which service carries it, whether the rating fits … Read more

The first time you drive the winding road up Mount Dandenong, the shift is immediate: mountain ash forest closes in, the air cools, and the city disappears behind you. That contrast is why the ranges keep pulling Melbourne back, but the practical question is what you’ll actually find up top: a genuine Parks Victoria (Victorian … Read more

There’s a particular pleasure in watching a man who once cross-examined witnesses now ask Australians how well they know their own adult children. Shaun Micallef has a new Network 10 show — Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening — co-hosted with his son Gabe, a pairing confirmed in Apple TV’s streaming listing. The 28 September premiere, per … Read more