Jackie Vernon voiced one of pop culture’s most beloved, jolly characters. Off-screen, his life was anything but joyful: the stand-up comic had multiple secret families and battled a serious Quaalude ...

Jackie's son David talked about the highs and lows that made up the funnyman's career Gary Null/NBC/NBC NewsWire; Disney+ Jackie Vernon voiced one of the most beloved characters in a holiday film.

I can only assume that all the madcap hijinks will eventually wear on us viewers, but until then, I’m totally here for the crazy Nancy Drew meets Real Housewives antics that Maxine et al get up to on ...

The first time Ryan Shenvi played Wordle, when the popular word-guessing game was just taking off, he remembers thinking, “Oh, we should do this for retrosynthesis.” The La Jolla–based Scripps ...

Maria Callas seized fame as the voice of Tosca, Medea and Carmen, opera’s eternally doomed heroines. If opera still commands audiences a century from now, perhaps it will sing of Callas, a fighter who ...

Running time: 123 minutes. Rated R (some language including a sexual reference). In some theaters. Near the end of “Maria,” 53-year-old Maria Callas, the opera diva stunningly played by Angelina Jolie ...

For new, human-made heavy elements on the periodic table, being “too ‘big’ for your own good” often means instability and a fleeting existence. The more protons and neutrons scientists squeeze ...

Scientists introduce a large language model-based AI system that revolutionizes chemistry by integrating 18 advanced tools for tasks like organic synthesis and drug discovery. EPFL scientists ...

Whoopi Goldberg is reflecting on her former cocaine addiction — and how coming face-to-face with a housekeeper forced her to get clean. In her memoir, “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me,” ...

In her new memoir, Whoopi Goldberg reveals intimate details about her past addiction to cocaine, sharing that the addiction resulted in the actress experiencing hallucinations. In the new memoir, ...

Whoopi Goldberg feared her cocaine addiction would kill her. The Oscar-winning actress became hooked on drugs during her early years in Hollywood, revealing she would go to parties where sedative ...