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Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89
Read full article: Maggie Smith, scene-stealing actor famed for Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' dies at 89Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for 1969 film “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and won new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, has died at 89.
Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorial
Read full article: Renowned author Joan Didion honored by hundreds at memorialJoan Didion, a master of rhythm and of the meaning of the unsaid, was remembered Wednesday as an inspiring and fearless writer and valued, exacting and sometimes eccentric friend.