© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine If anyone can bring glitz and glamour into our homes, it is Strictly Come Dancing host Tess Daly – and she did just that on the latest series, which was filmed under tight COVID restrictions. However, away from our television screens, the 51-year-old is a […]

CLOSE FREMONT – It should come as no surprise the COVID-19 pandemic and its dramatic impact locally is the News-Messenger’s top story from 2020. With small businesses struggling from stringent safety protocols and local schools trying to merge online learning with in-person instruction, COVID-19 hit Sandusky County hard. Buy Photo […]

The Equus Oils gas station in Kentucky Route Zero. Annapurna Interactive Certain things blur the boundaries of reality. Like a phone that can only connect to one number. Like the number that phone dials, which is also listed as the phone number on the TripAdvisor page for Echo River in […]

I never imagined that going completely deaf and losing everything I owned would turn out to be the best things that ever happened to me. What seemed like a great tragedy that would lead to empty and joyless life ended up making me far more successful and happier than I […]

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Amazon and Netflix. Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel The Queen’s Gambit is on the New York Times best-seller list, thanks to what Netflix calls its “biggest limited scripted series ever.” But what will fans of the blockbuster show find when they crack open the book […]

As Buddy the Elf once said, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” And that’s exactly what Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell did in the beloved 2003 film Elf. As fans of the holiday film may remember, the duo shared an iconic scene together that involved singing in […]

Brandon Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account executive at a U.S. tech firm, Contreras was used to traveling frequently for his company. But nine months into the pandemic, he and thousands of others are working from home and dialing into video conferences […]

Eager to get on with the start of their happily ever after, the duo pulled together their vows—held, appropriately at a castle on New York’s Long Island—in just five months. Some 400 guests turned out (in a blizzard) to see Danielle brave the chill in a strapless tulle and Chantilly lace Vera […]