Nick Epley was commuting to work at the University of Chicago when he looked across the train and wondered: Why are all these people sitting elbow to elbow ignoring each other? Epley, a professor of ...

Italy’s RAI Cinema Intl. Distribution has scored a batch of sales on “The Sound of Something New,” the new film by “Perfect Strangers” director Paolo Genovese, which is being sold at the Cannes Marché ...

One bride didn't have to worry about finding something borrowed for her wedding day. Olivia Farrelly walked down the aisle in her mother's 62-year-old wedding dress to marry her fiancé, Freddy ...

Belle Burden became an instant New York Times bestseller after her book, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, was published in January 2026 — and even nonreaders can’t get enough of this story. “In ...

In just a few days, the new Stranger Things animated series will drop on Netflix. Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85 follows Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin, Eleven, and Max on new adventures that take place ...

I was always amazed at the ability of my husband’s parents to strike up conversations with total strangers any time in almost any place. Most memorable was an escalator ride going down to the main ...

Belle Burden’s debut novel, Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage, is more than just an excellent read that has found its way onto BookTok and into influencers’ Goodreads. It is a cautionary tale that ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Jessie Buckley just won an Oscar for Hamnet, and now you can watch her in a very different type of role in The Bride!—a new gothic romance loosely based on the 1935 film ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 can be found here. Recently, I was asked to blurb a book called Once Upon a Stranger. In it, I learned fascinating insights on why talking to strangers can ...

What happens when you shrink down a book club to two days and take turns narrating the story? Welcome to Page Break. By Elisabeth Egan Visuals by Yuvraj Khanna I was a nervous wreck on a recent Friday ...