Ghost Blogger When you hear the name Bettijo B. Hirschi, the first thing that likely comes to mind is the flurry of media attention surrounding her marriage and subsequent divorce from Diff’rent Strokes star Todd Bridges. The tabloids love a flashy headline, and a whirlwind romance involving an iconic 1980s sitcom star is guaranteed clickbait. But if you look … Read more
When you hear the name Billy Graham, what comes to mind? For millions of people around the globe, he is remembered simply as “America’s Pastor.” For others, he is the towering figure who filled colossal stadiums, revolutionized Christian media, and offered spiritual counsel to every United States President from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. But … Read more
There are very few voices in the history of recorded music that can genuinely stop you in your tracks. When you hear that smooth, soaring tenor transition effortlessly into a gritty gospel growl and then float up into a virtuosic falsetto, you instantly know who it is. That voice belongs to the undisputed Prince of … Read more
Frank Sinatra filed a $2 million lawsuit trying to stop her book from reaching shelves. Nancy Reagan disputed her claims so forcefully that her husband released a public statement. The British royal family couldn’t prevent publication on American soil, but the book she wrote about them couldn’t be legally sold in Britain. Oprah Winfrey declined … Read more
There are artists who break records. And then there are artists who break the rules that governed what records could even exist. Bad Bunny is the second kind. He’s a Puerto Rican kid from a small coastal town who went to college to become a radio host, uploaded songs to SoundCloud while bagging groceries, refused … Read more
She didn’t plan to become an actress. She wasn’t discovered at a film set or hand-picked by a casting director who saw something special. She walked into an audition by accident — and changed the course of her life in a single afternoon. That’s the kind of story Scarlet Gomez tells about herself when she’s … Read more
In a small town in Iowa called Alden — population fewer than 500 people — a boy named Randy George grew up watching the flat fields stretch toward the horizon and learning, the way rural America teaches its children, that hard work and discipline aren’t optional. They’re just what you do. Nobody who grew up … Read more
There’s a version of Todd Blanche’s life where he spends thirty years as a respected but largely anonymous federal prosecutor and white-collar defense attorney in New York. No cable news appearances. No front-row seat at the most politically charged criminal trials in American history. No seat at the table as the second-most powerful law enforcement … Read more
There aren’t many people in American public life who can claim they’ve served in the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq, argued cases as the youngest attorney in New York State history, represented the same congressional district for eight years, nearly won a governor’s race in one of the bluest states in the country, survived leukemia, … Read more
There are housemates who enter the Big Brother Naija house and blend into the background. Then there are housemates who walk through the door and immediately make you feel like the season just started for real. Imisi was the second type. From the moment she introduced herself on Launch Night as “the winner of Big … Read more