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The rise and rise of the year-round tan (and whether or not UV exposure is ever actually good for your health)

And yet he became best known for his permanent tan — so much so that the cartoonist Garry Trudeau concocted the ‘George ...
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DAILY DIRT: From ‘Never apologize, Mister. It’s a sign of weakness’ to ‘I’m your huckleberry,’ these are the lines that make us love those westerns

Daily Dirt for Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 Can we just officially crown Clint Eastwood as the king of western movies? … Welcome to ...

‘A Prayer for the Dying' Review: Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly Face a Test of Moral Fiber in a Dazzling Debut

Set in 1870 Wisconsin, Dara Van Dusen's Berlin-bowing first feature is a revisionist Western based on Stewart O'Nan's novella.

The First 'Wuthering Heights' Movie You Can Watch Now Starred an Actress Who Kept Her Past Hidden for Decades

Merle Oberon, who played Cathy in 1939’s Wuthering Heights, kept her Asian heritage hidden for decades from Hollywood.

‘A Prayer for the Dying' Review: Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly Anchor an Impressively Severe End-of-Days Western

The rolling grasslands of Slovakia stand in for the plains of 19th-century Wisconsin in “A Prayer for the Dying,” though the spiritual setting of Dara Van Dusen’s unforgiving western lies in some ...