Mary Mcnamara

LOS ANGELES — After years of collective hand-wringing over declining local film and television production, Hollywood recently experienced a morale boost: increased state subsidies, including tax incentives and reduced filming fees, seem to be working. Acc... See more

My pilgrimage to Yorkshire — and why you should take the trip of your literary dreams I have always longed to go to Yorkshire. I was 10 when I first read “All Creatures Great and Small,” devouring each subsequent book that Alf Wight, under the pen name Ja... See more

Apparently not content with bankrupting Sears, Toys R Us, Radio Shack and countless other businesses; buying and then maiming the Washington Post; and leading the Tech Bro right turn to MAGA, Jeff Bezos did his level best to ruin this year’s Met Gala. Sim... See more

When I was a child, I watched “The Jetsons” and “Lost in Space” and imagined my adult self living in a world of high-tech ease: flying cars, self-cleaning rooms, high-speed trains, personal jetpacks and wise-cracking robotic companions capable of solving ... See more

When the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" premiered during the early months of the first Trump presidency, it was seen by many as a timely prophecy — the crimson cloaks and white bonnets of the story's eponymous sex slaves became... See more