Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah ... When the Scottish queen was found guilty, Elizabeth signed ...

In “The Wild Robot,” Lupita Nyong’o voices Roz, an intelligent droid who must navigate the challenging natural world of the ...

To mark Valentine’s Day here are some love-themed stories from Essex history, some with happy endings, some with bloody ones.

But a lot of people, as it turns out, are a lot like Donald Trump. They think they’re much smarter than they are. So they ...

As the child of a Kansas insurance salesman and church singer, Annette Bening didn’t seem like the type of person born for ...

When one thinks of the defining TV performances of the past 25 or so years, what comes to mind? For Variety staffers, some of the answers included a teacher-turned-drug kingpin, spies working both for ...

NBA All-Star weekend served up a DQ in the skills competition, a surprising winner in the 3-point contest, and eye-popping ...

While the Hayes team narrowly missed the Orr Group 1, the Lindsay Park stable did taste the ultimate success earlier in the day when the remarkable seven-year-old Here To Shock won the BCD Group ...

The recent viral excitement over A.J. Brown, the Philadelphia Eagles’ wide receiver, reading a book on the sidelines of NFL ...

"F*** Donald Trump!" has become their new cheer. An American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) protest rally outside the Capitol on Feb. 11, included several U.S. Representatives who stepped ...