Here we review the latest titles.See all 51 stories. CINEMA Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star Mayukh Sen W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Who was the most beautiful ...

“That Uncertain Feeling,” which launches its story with erotic confessions under a psychoanalyst’s probing gaze, is centered on the bored young wife (Merle Oberon) of an insurance executive ...

Merle L. Schmidt, age 86, of St. Clair, passed away peacefully, with is family at his side following a brief illness, on May 9, 2025. He was born November 27, 1938 in Columbus Twp. to the late ...

Mayukh Sen was just a high schooler when he first encountered Merle Oberon in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights." “I felt an immediate draw to her — not only because she was South Asian like myself, ...

With much sadness and a heavy heart, the family of Merle Belz Backer announces her recent passing. Merle was a devoted and caring mother, loving wife, beloved family member, and cherished friend.

However, the most notable man to have a crush on Parton was her fellow musician and tourmate, Merle Haggard. Haggard never divulged this news in a profound love letter or grand gesture.

Before he became a musician, Merle Haggard lived the kind of life that's often mythologized in song: Hopping freights and doing prison time. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car.

I recently spoke with writer Mayukh Sen whose new book, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star," chronicles Oberon's rise to fame, her groundbreaking career, and eventual ...

As the first Asian, and only South Asian, to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Merle Oberon’s place in the pantheon of cinema is historic. But it came with enormous sacrifice as Oberon had ...

ASHVILLE — Merle Fremont Frye, 92, of Ashville, passed away at his home on Friday, April 11, 2025, following a brief illness. He was born April 2, 1933, in Dayton, PA, the son of the late Charles and ...

Merle Ann Shepard Salling, 95 years of age from Middle Haddam, Connecticut Merle passed away peacefully on April 6th 2025, six days after her 95th birthday. She was surrounded with family at her ...