#OnThisDay 1975: Margaret Thatcher became the first female leader of a political party in the UK after defeating Edward Heath in the Conservative leadership election.

Lech Walesa helped bring about the fall of the Soviet Union, but are there lessons for today? Walesa tells me we’re in a different moment: today, “people don’t believe” in the democracy he fought for. Instead, “people elect populists & demagogues because they are dissatisfied.”

WHAT A WIN San Francisco 49ers

Oliver North and Fawn Hall are wed in a “secret” ceremony in rural Virginia, Michael Isikoff reports spytalk.co/p/exclusive-an…

We are pleased to announce that The Who are coming to Acrisure Arena in Greater Palm Springs , Greater Palm Springs, CA on October 1st for the last time on The Song is Over – The Final Public Show on the North American Farewell Tour! Tickets on sale this Wednesday, September 17th @ 10AM local at

The spirits that remain after something magical’s happened, and how you can go back to a place where something amazing occurred, and the feeling’s still in the air.  Happy Anniversary “Almost Famous”!

The Who return to the iconic Hollywood Bowl for the first of two historic nights on The Song Is Over: The North American Farewell tour! Join rock legends Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend under the stars for one of their final U.S. performances. Pete and Roger and their

UC Davis tied for No. 9 among the nation’s top public universities and earned accolades for innovation, social mobility and more in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. This is the 5th consecutive year the campus has been ranked among the top 10: ucdav.is/46PxEkx

"One of the most grittiest, toughest, most bada** performances I could ever remember." John Middlekauff reacts to Mac Jones & the 49ers stunning upset win over the Rams on TNF.

2/2 At some point today, Trafalgar Day, it would be fitting to raise a glass to Horatio, Viscount Nelson, victor of Trafalgar, Copenhagen and the Nile; also to his second in command Cuthbert Collingwood and to all the officers and men of the Fleet, then and now. Naval toasts are

Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie advertising campaigns — most famously “In space no one can hear you scream” for the hit 1979 science-fiction horror film “Alien” — has died at 79. nyti.ms/4nl6R4E

The video they played at Sigourney Weaver Retrospective at la cinematheque is so beautiful. Sig is such an underrated actress. The Oscars owe her like 20 awards. I’ve seen everything in this video and more she does not disappoint. Ever.

"White City: A Novel" the fifth solo studio album by Pete Townshend was released OTD 11/11/1985. It included the US Billboard Hot 100 (#26) single "Face the Face".

Three #JAWS legends reunited! ❤ Richard Dreyfuss joined Steven Spielberg to celebrate the dedication of the John Williams Stage at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this week. Photo credit unknown.

Amazing crowd and band taking off in the beautiful Fox Theatre, Oakland last night!

DOGE no longer exists. 🪚 The project has disbanded 8 months ahead of its originally intended July 2026 end date. reuters.com/world/us/doge-…

DOGE was a colossal failure. By destroying instruments of American soft power such as USAID, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Free Asia, DOGE only helped our autocratic adversaries without advancing a single American national interest.