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Profile in Passion: Tom Jones

Tom Jones (7 June 1940 – ) is a Welsh singer whose career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s, with a shape-shifting performance act that has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK…...
Tucker Carlson: Paleo-conservative Megaphone

Tucker Carlson, arguably the most influential voice in American media, has enjoyed a spectacular rise to pre-eminence as a spokesperson for an increasingly cynical and divisive political electorate. He’s been described as a “paleo-conservative,” expressing right-wing views that embrace nationalism, racism, sexism, and xenophobia. And yet his opinions merely reflect those of many conservative politicians,…...
Profiles in Passion: Tanya Tucker, “Texas Tornado”

Tanya Tucker (10 October 1958 – ) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit at the age of 13. She was born in Texas, youngest of four children, whose father was a heavy equipment operator, and her family moved often as he sought better work. As a teen, she…...
Profiles in Passion: Lorenzo Lamas

Lorenzo Lamas (20 January 1958 – ) is an American actor widely known for his roles in the soap operas Falcon Crest and The Bold and the Beautiful, as well as having played in multiple B-grade action movies and TV crime dramas. Both his father Fernando Lamas and mother Arlene Dahl were actors, and both…...
Profiles in Passion: Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine (24 April 1934 – ) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. In her 65-year career, she often portrayed quirky, headstrong, eccentric women, for which she’s won an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her father was a professor of…...
Bernardo and Homolka: Barbie and Ken of Sexual Homicide

In the mid-Nineties, a crime story out of Toronto horrified the rest of Canada. Paul Bernardo, a clean-cut boyish-looking accountant was arrested and charged with the sexual assault and murder of two teenage girls. The key Crown witness against Bernardo was his attractive young spouse Karla Homolka who’d participated in the two rape/murders but negotiated…...
Jordan Peterson: Agent Provocateur

Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. Thanks to three published books, and a substantive YouTube presence, he’s also become a media personality and a lightning rod for intellectual debate on a wide range of subjects – climate, gender identity, political correctness, psychology, religion, and much…...
Sharon Stone: the trauma of miscarriage

In a recent post on Instagram, while expressing sympathy for other women who’ve borne the same trauma, Sharon Stone revealed that she has “lost nine children” through miscarriages over the years. Although men are inevitably acquainted with and affected by such tragedies, nothing quite compares to the grief experienced by a prospective mother who’s carried…...
The Righteous Brothers: blue-eyed soul

The Righteous Brothers: blue-eyed soul In the mid-Sixties, “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” was a trans-Atlantic hit that catapulted two American white boys to the top of the Billboard charts and other play-lists around the world. Produced by Phil Spector, the single showcased a remarkable duet of voices – Bill Medley’s bass baritone and Bobby…...
David Berkowitz: Son of Sam

For an entire year, from late July 1976 to late July 1977, the New York boroughs of the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn were in a high state of anxiety. Young women with long dark hair cut it short, dyed it blonde, or bought wigs to disguise their looks. A serial killer was on the loose,…...