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After studying poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in the mid-1970s, Sandra Cisneros moved back home to Chicago and taught former dropouts at the Latino Youth High School. All of these influences—the city, the students, the poetic approach to language—are palpable in The House on Mango Street, the series of semi-autobiographical vignettes that coalesced to form the Mexican American author’s first novel. A modern classic that has survived several misguided banning campaigns to become a staple of English syllabi, The House on Mango Street filters the life of a working-class Latinx neighborhood through the perspective of 12-year-old Esperanza Cordero, a bright girl who’s quickly absorbing tough lessons about racism, inequality and growing up female. [Read More]

Top Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh Churchill who recently surprised her fans by announcing her male friend Jeremiah Ogbodo as her bride's maid, just shared her husband’s baby picture. Engaged to Oladunni Churchill, Tonto took to her instagram page over an hour ago and shared the picture with the caption “MCM #forever, #MrBigChurch, #inasmallbody.” READ ALSO: Tonto Dikeh Names Chief Bridesmaid [article_adwert] See post below: On August 29, the light skinned actress held her traditional wedding ceremony with her sweetheart Churchill at her hometown Rumukani in Rumukwuta, Obiokpor, Local Government Area, Rivers state, and her white wedding is scheduled for later in the year. [Read More]

Performing artist and former One Direction member Zayn Malik has canceled past performances due to his struggle with anxiety. Here, he writes about that deeply personal battle. I just couldn’t go through with it. Mentally, the anxiety had won. Physically, I knew I couldn’t function. I would have to pull out. One of my team members offered to write a statement saying that I’d been taken ill, but I didn’t want to do that. [Read More]

Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, once again proved that they are one of Hollywood's most iconic and solid couples as they attended a gala in Beverly Hills. Hanks radiated charm and Hollywood glamour, but it was a significant transformation in his look that drew a lot of attention. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/East News The Women's Cancer Research Fund hosted its prominent annual fundraiser, "An Unforgettable Evening," at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. [Read More]

TALENTRECAP.COM More Shows RuPaul's Drag Race Jill O'Rourke Jill O'Rourke Jill O’Rourke is a contributor at Talent Recap, writing news stories and recaps for shows like ‘AGT,’ ‘The Voice,’ and ‘American Idol.’ She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and Film Studies, and has been writing about pop culture since 2012, with previous bylines at Crushable and A Plus. Jill spends her free time binge-watching sitcoms and daydreaming about life as a hobbit → Recent Posts [Read More]

Meeting a person that looks identical to you is practically impossible. Researchers claim that the chances are one in 1 trillion. But there are far more chances to see someone who looks similar to you. We’re all regular people and we probably won’t see our doppelgänger on the street. But famous people are always in the spotlight, so it makes sense that people from around the world have spotted similarities between them. We at Bright Side have found famous people that look amazingly similar to each other. [Read More]

In the past year, Christian Siriano’s designs have been spotted everywhere. So much so that you’ve seen them on red carpets, awards shows, and even the DNC, where Michelle Obama sported one of his dresses to give her now-iconic “when they go low, we go high” speech. With this kind of success, it could be easy to forget that Siriano got his start nearly a decade ago on Project Runway, where his unapologetically glamorous designs that eventually crowned him the winner of season 4. [Read More]

Best known for playing Christine Francis on the series Hotel, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in 1987. Before Fame She was employed as a fashion model before making her acting debut in the 1978 film The Bermuda Depths. Trivia She became a born-again Christian. Family Life She married John Tesh in 1992 and the couple had a daughter named Prima. Associated With She had a role in the movie The Wild Stallion, which starred Miranda Cosgrove. [Read More]

NBCUniversal Formats has partnered with Dubai and Cairo-based production company S Productions on the first international adaptation of comedy drama series “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” which will air on prominent Dubai-based broadcaster MBC. [Read More]