1 The iconic Rosebud sled from Oregon Welles’ 1941 film Citizen Kane was auctioned for $14.75 million, becoming the second-most expensive piece of movie memorabilia ever sold. The sled, one of only three known to still survive, has belonged to …
The closed Tyson beef plant in Emporia can be glimpsed behind a chain link fence. The company announced the closure in December and has since laid off 809 employees who worked there, contributing to conditions that made Emporia, by June 2025, the city with …
All the news you need to know from the week that was. PublishedJuly 26, 2025 10:02 AM EDT•UpdatedJuly 26, 2025 10:02 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link It’s Saturday, which means it’s time to settle in on the couch (or the toilet; wherever you do your …
When Orson Welles arrived at Ma Maison each morning, he stepped into a rhythm that brought him comfort. The filmmaker who transformed cinema in his 20s with "Citizen Kane" arrived around 11 a.m. and asked chef Patrick Terrail the same question: …
The real-life “Citizen Kane” was a ruthless businessman — but his former love nest just got a kindly price cut. The palatial two-story co-op that William Randolph Hearst built for his celebrity mistress is now on sale for $22 million — a $4 million …
John Lennon has continued to inspire millions of people with his music in the years after his death in 1980. However, what inspired him? Among various musicians, such as Elvis and Chuck Berry, Lennon was inspired by film. On several occasions, Lennon …
‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ New London, July 23-24, 7:30 p.m., July 25, 2 p.m., New London-Spicer Performing Arts Center. New London-Spicer PAC presents Neil Simon's comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" under the direction of Tom Orth. …
In 1955, director Charles Laughton crafted one of the darkest, strangest fairytales ever to come out of Hollywood. The Night of the Hunter remains visually exquisite and profoundly unsettling. Shortly before Ben Harper is hanged for robbing a bank and …
D uring the War of 1812, British troops famously torched the US Capitol, burning down the still-new home of the fledgling country’s legislative body. Also going up in flames? Roughly 3,000 books, largely about law, that made up the Library of Congress’s …
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