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Tiger Woods: Off the Fairway and into the Rough

Tiger Woods (30 December 1975 – ) is an American professional golfer, widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and one of the most famous athletes in history. Woods’ father, a retired military man, gave him his first golf club at the age of three and taught him how to concentrate…...
Mitt Romney: Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda-Been President

Despite his significant personal and public appeal, Mitt Romney has never seemed to be in the right place at the right time to succeed in the penultimate ambition of many American politicians – Presidency of the USA. Although he enjoyed a full term (2003-2007) as the Governor of Massachusetts, he subsequently abandoned his 2007 run…...
Princess Kate: The Winter of Our Discontent…

These are difficult times for the Royal family. In January, King Charles and the Princess of Wales were both hospitalized within the same week. Charles was in for prostate surgery, and Kate for a major abdominal surgery that required several days of post-op monitoring. Her convalescence, it was cautioned, would take six to eight weeks…....
King Charles III: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

It was no easy road to the throne of England for Charles. His mother Queen Elizabeth II held onto the royal scepter until she was on her deathbed at age 96. His life laid bare by decades of tabloid coverage, and recapped in poignant detail in the Netflix series The Crown, evokes sympathy for a…...
Profiles in Passion: Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (30 March 1937 – ) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Strikingly handsome with a style that is self-consciously cool and opaque, he was the classic screen idol of his day. He has been nominated for 14 Oscars, including his performance in 1967 for Bonnie and Clyde. He won the Oscar…...
Suzanne Somers: Sitcom Survivor

Suzanne Somers died on October 15, 2023, one day short of her 77th birthday, succumbing to a recurrence of a cancer she’d fought since April 2000. During her 23-year struggle against breast cancer, she had become an inspiration to many women. Despite having been cast as a dumb blonde in the TV series Three’s Company,…...
Russell Brand: Karma Chameleon

Two months ago, a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, revealed allegations against Russell Brand, accusing him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Brand has strongly denied all allegations. However, Brand is now facing a second criminal inquiry, wherein the Thames Valley police are investigating allegations reported in…...
Gavin Newsom: Just Another Pretty Face, or America’s Next President

Every time a journalist asks Gavin Newsom whether he’ll present himself as a Presidential candidate in the current primaries/election cycle, he says that he won’t contest incumbent President Biden. Like many a politician, Newsom has evidently mastered the art of answering a question in a diplomatic way without actually slamming the door shut on any…...
Robert Oppenheimer: American Prometheus

Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the “father of the atomic bomb,” an historical figure whose name has gained greater public awareness with the release of this summer’s blockbuster movie. Oppenheimer was something of a boy genius,…...
Sinéad O’Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U

July 26th saw the passing of Sinéad O’Connor, the remarkable Irish singer with the incredible voice. She’d come on the scene in the late ’80s with a debut album that garnered some attention, and in the early ‘90s released a second album, I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, which took her to…...