Television
The Oscar-winning actor, known for her roles as Violet Crawley in ‘Downton Abbey’ and no-nonsense Professor McGonagall in the ‘Harry Potter’ films, died Friday.
Entertainment & Arts
Maggie Smith, who won two Academy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, four Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, was at her best on screen when she could bring the stage with her.
Maggie Smith never failed to illuminate and astonish. As she aged, she showed us that the face and body may change, but the spirit need not falter.
World & Nation
A parole board has ruled that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she was convicted of rolling her car into a lake and drowning her two sons.
Music
Ahead of Wednesday night’s CMA Awards, California-born Nate Smith details his journey from the small town of Paradise to a career in Nashville.
Opinion
The special counsel should provide a full public record of his prosecutions, particularly the classified documents case disrupted by Judge Aileen Cannon.
Letters to the Editor
News of the L.A. archdiocese’s sex abuse settlement comes around the same time as Trump spewed insults next to the archbishop of New York.
Singer-songwriter Nell Smith, who was best known for her work with the Flaming Lips, died over the weekend, her family announced. She was 17.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s filing is a disaster foretold: Trump in 2024 is chillingly replicating the lies that led to the 2021 insurrection.
Trump’s actions alleged in a new court filing by Jack Smith show he put Mike Pence in danger on Jan. 6, 2021. That’s no ‘official act.’