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Pam Grier recalls rocky relationship with Richard Pryor

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Explore More Pam Grier was only romantically involved with comedian Richard Pryor for about a year during the 1970s. However, the “Foxy Brown” star, 73, still remembers the impact their relationship had on her. The pair dated from 1975 until 1976 and their love affair was a tumultuous one. Grier recalled in an interview with Fox News how his drug abuse contributed to the fall of their partnership. She discussed one moment that occurred in 1980 when Pryor — who died at 65 in 2005 — poured 151 proof rum on himself and then lit himself on fire following a cocaine binge. Read More...

Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed's relationship timeline

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Explore More Princess Diana’s whirlwind relationship with Dodi Fayed — and their tragic deaths — are again resurfacing thanks to the sixth and final season of“The Crown” on Netflix. Fayed, an Egyptian filmmaker, was the Princess of Wales’ last romantic partner before they both died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. Their time together was full of lavish yacht trips and jet setting around the world. Diana had just ended a two-year relationship with surgeon Hasnat Khan when she linked up with Fayed in July 1997. Read More...

Why contemplating death changes how you think

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By Jonathan Jong - Coventry UniversityFeatures correspondent Flickr/JD Hancock/CC BY 2.0Delve deeply into your own mortality and it does strange things to you (Credit: Flickr/JD Hancock/CC BY 2.0)Reading this article could temporarily change your politics, biases and decision-making – it might even make you want to be famous. Why? The very idea of death changes our thoughts in profound ways. If death is the final taboo, it might not be for much longer. Read More...