Today in History for Dec. 3: In 1170, Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, returned to England after six years of exile in France. He would be martyred on Dec. 29 -- killed by soldiers sent by his ...

In the middle of the night, Matti Leshem jolted awake with a fully formed idea. He nudged his wife of 23 years awake to pitch the fresh idea for his next project. Leshem, a film and TV producer, would ...

In James Whale’s iconic 1931 version of “Frankenstein,” Boris Karloff imbued the monster with a poignant vulnerability.