Top 10sCrime fictionFor some, ‘cosy crime’ of the 1920s and 30s is class-ridden and formulaic – but classic authors such as Agatha Christie and Josephine Tey paved the way for modern fiction as we know it
Just how golden was the golden age of crime fiction? For some, the celebrated flowering of the detective story in the 1920s and 30s gave us enduringly popular, elegantly written novels that have yet to be bettered. Read More...
Sarah Paulson and Elizabeth Reaser. You might think you have an idea about what’s going on with Sarah Paulson’s role as conjoined twins Dot and Bette on the upcoming season of American Horror Story: Freak Show — but, surprise! You have no idea. We spoke with her at the opening night of the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing, where she remained contractually coy about Bette and Dot’s backstory, but revealed that the photo she shared on Twitter was actually a digital mock-up of a two-headed Lana Winters (her character from AHS’s season two, Asylum): “Everyone thinks that is the character of Dot and Bette in terms of the way I look — that’s just what the company came up with [to] digitally show the two heads to Ryan. Read More...
Alamy Nashawn Breedlove, the actor featured in "8 Mile," died of acute intoxication from fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, cocaine and ethanol ... this according to New Jersey Medical Examiner.
According to the autopsy report, obtained by TMZ, Nashawn's overdose was accidental.
The report presents some gruesome details ... the actor's body was found decomposed on a bedroom floor in his apartment ... this after officers with the help of the landlord used a crowbar to break open the door. Read More...