Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union as General Secretary of the governing Communist Party (1964–1982) and as Chairman of the ...

The Kremlin said European claims that Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union and attack NATO were complete stupidity. Putin, who was born in the Soviet Union, in 2005 cast the collapse of ...

This weekend marks 40 years since the Scouse classic Letter to Brezhnev was released in UK cinemas. The film, which was directed by Chris Bernard, follows two women as they meet two Russian sailors on ...

Today marks 40 years since the UK release of A Letter To Brezhnev, a classic Liverpool set film that helped skyrocket the careers of its young cast. The romantic comedy offers a snapshot into life in ...

Francis Crick missed a crucial seminar in 1951, probably because he was seeing a lover. James Watson did go, failed to take notes and misremembered key details. As a result, their first model of DNA ...

Gwyneth Paltrow is ready to talk about "Gwyneth." The Oscar winner told British Vogue in an interview that she has yet to read the biography, released in July by culture and fashion journalist Amy ...

“She totally missed everything, the truth of who I am, what my impact is,” Paltrow told British Vogue about Odell’s biography, noting that she did not personally read it but her husband, Brad Falchuk, ...

Of ‘Gwyneth: The Biography,’ the book written by Amy Odell in which Paltrow was not involved, the Oscar winner said it “totally missed everything, the truth of who I am.” By McKinley Franklin Gwyneth ...

The word "genius" is regularly used for absurdly talented artists and writers. Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Not only ...

In Nicholas Boggs’ lively and vigorously researched biography of James Baldwin, the great writer’s search for the source of his art dovetails with his lifelong search for meaningful relationships.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Amy Odell’s forthcoming biography “Gwyneth” promises an ...

On this date in history: In 1918, an empty troop train rear-ended the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train in Ivanhoe, Ind., killing 53 circus performers and many animals. The circus train had stopped to ...