Paul Newman

As our country grapples with a deadly pandemic, responds to still more outbreaks of police brutality, and bears astonished witness to street after street filled with fed-up citizens calling for change, I find myself thinking of Frederick Douglass. The former slave, orator, political organizer, and self-taught man of letters in…

Dustin Hoffman is returning to Broadway! The 82-year-old actor will be starring in the upcoming 2021 Broadway revival of Our Town, Deadline reports. Dustin will be playing The Stage Manager in the classic Thornton Wilder play directed by Bartlett Sher, who also directed the Broadway play To Kill a Mockingbird.…

It’s not unusual to see rare and valuable items go under the hammer at auctions, whether it be movie or sports memorabilia or other items of historic significance, though we’ve never come across a single auction with lots as diverse and elite as the ongoing “Hollywood: Legends And Explorers” sale…

F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain “Souscription” fetches a world record $1.5 million at Phillips ... Geneva Watch Auction XI Phillips Whether it was pent-up demand or a new level of interest from collectors around the world, the Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XI experienced spirited bidding throughout the two-day event with buyers…

If this were a normal week, moviegoers would be heading to theaters to see the sequel to Tom Cruise’s 1986 blockbuster Top Gun. But as everyone knows, there is nothing normal about this week or anything else at the moment. Movie theaters around the country remain closed on account of…

It was the summer when Italia 90 made the world fall in love with football again. But for cricket fans the highlight had nothing to do with Gazza's tears or Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma. Instead it was all about Graham Gooch and one of the great Test performances.Thirty years have passed…

Bronzed bodies, the azure pools of Monaco, and the beaches of Saint-Tropez are just a few of the quintessential images conjured up when one thinks of the French Riviera. While many of us are either still on lockdown or hesitant to travel as restrictions start to loosen up—there is no…

We haven’t checked with the Guinness Book or anything, but we’re pretty sure we’ve just executed the longest smoky burnout ever by a 1949 Hudson Commodore. About 200 feet of violence, smoke billowing from the skirted rear quarter panels, its supercharged LS9 V8 pulverizing the 18-inch rear tires. At the…

JUNE 8 - 12A Look Back at the Gear We Discovered This WeekSavor our weekly roundup of gear news with your Saturday morning coffee, or use it to fend off the existential panic of Sunday night — it’s up to you. Staff PicksThese Are the 20 Watches Our Staff Can’t…

The Popcorn ChampsThe Popcorn Champs looks back at the highest grossing movie in America from every year since 1960. In tracing the evolution of blockbuster cinema, maybe we can answer a question Hollywood has been asking itself for more than a century: What do people want to see?Somebody should’ve been…