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Craig Newton 
Ask anyone who’s just adopted a cat: the hardest part isn’t food, litter, or vet visits — it’s choosing a name that fits a creature who treats your first five suggestions with indifference. The People Also Ask panel for “cat names” surfaces 12 questions on its own, from requests for a full 100-name list to … Read more
You’ve seen her face more often than you’ve known her name — which is exactly how a reliable character actress likes it. Breeda Wool has spent the past decade stacking distinctive supporting roles in prestige TV and independent film, from Mr. Mercedes to The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Born: Urbana, Illinois, USA · … Read more
Every few years, a new generation of fans discovers that Bugs Bunny was playing with identity before anyone had a clean label for the process. Wikipedia’s character history dates Bugs’s proper debut to 1940, but the same history points earlier to 1938’s Porky’s Hare Hunt as a frequent “first” among prototypes. What follows is a … Read more
Gong Yoo has one of those faces that appears everywhere and stays impossible to pin down. The South Korean actor born Gong Ji-cheol in 1979 went from television debut work in School 4 to global recognition through Coffee Prince, Train to Busan, and Squid Game. The more famous he became, the less the public learned … Read more
A squad of thieves in red jumpsuits and Salvador Dalí masks is one of those images you either recognize instantly or have somehow avoided for years. Money Heist — the Spanish-language hit originally called La Casa de Papel — started quietly on broadcast television on May 2, 2017, and by the time its run ended … Read more
Most people met John Stapleton while he was helping them complain about something — a faulty washing machine, a missed repair, a company that would not listen. His own final story was quieter and more personal: the broadcaster died in hospital at 79, according to ITV News (the broadcaster’s own report). Age at death: 79 … Read more
When you have spent nine seasons rooting for Robin Scherbatsky, Cobie Smulders starts to feel like an old friend. She is the actor behind a hit sitcom and a superhero franchise, but many fans did not learn until later that she did much of that work while quietly navigating a serious health crisis. Born: April … Read more
Some actors are so convincing that they seem to belong to every country at once; Irrfan Khan was that rare actor. The “Life of Pi” star died on 29 April 2020, roughly two years after revealing a neuroendocrine tumour diagnosis, and the biography of Khan on Wikipedia still reads like the clearest starting point for … Read more
Ask a room full of shoe lovers to name a rebellious classic and most will mention the same black boot: yellow stitching, an air-cushioned sole, and a silhouette that has outlived more fashion cycles than most brands get to see. Dr. Martens has been making that promise for over sixty years, and the company’s own … Read more
Every comic-book invention has a moment before it snaps into focus, and Doctor Octopus’s moment happened in July 1963: a nuclear physicist named Otto Octavius builds four mechanical arms, an accident fuses them to his body, and he decides that the smartest man in the room should own it. That telling comes almost straight from … Read more