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In ‘Carrie,’ William Katt Gave the World the Definitive Nice-Guy Prom King

The Southern California actor was just beginning his career when he played Tommy in Brian De Palma’s brilliant adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. But as Katt tells MEL, he couldn’t have been more different than the typical high-school jock

Firefighters Are Facing the Heat of a New Five-Alarm Threat — Testicular Cancer

The smoke and soot from the blazes they battle put them at twice the risk of developing testicular cancer as the average guy — an occupational hazard that they’ve spent the last few years doing everything they can to extinguish

Mike Myers Wasn’t Meant to Last

In an age of irony and disillusionment, the ‘Austin Powers’ star served as a warm, goofy counterbalance. But Kanye West and ‘The Love Guru’ exposed the limits of his irreverent appeal

Red Flags Have Lost All Meaning

When everything is a red flag, nothing is a red flag