The “King” is gone, but not forgotten
Jim Thompson was different things to different people. In the well-heeled Greenville area where he was raised, he was a known designer and socialite who hosted parties with a guest list dotted with...
View ArticleScorsese, DeNiro & Delaware
A film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert DeNiro and ... Delaware? Yes, it's true. Paramount Pictures has announced it is set to make a film based on the 2004 true crime book "I Heard You...
View ArticleCheckin' the specs on the end line for the rotary girder
"The Last Days of Chris Farley," a book detailing the decline of the "Tommy Boy" star written by brother Tom Farley, is due out in May. The New York Post reports his last days were filled with "tough...
View ArticleBefore Trolley Square…
Over the past 30 years, the name of a shopping center -- Trolley Square -- has slowly become the common way to describe the bustling neighborhood on Wilmington's west side. In fact, Trolley Square is...
View ArticleArtie Lange talks Wilmington & heroin
Above: Artie Lange receiving drinks while at the former Kahunaville in Wilmington in 2004. He met his future Delaware-based heroin dealer for the first time that night. On any given day during a...
View Article“Black Hawk” author sets down at UD
Above: Veteran journalist and best-selling author Mark Bowden in his new classroom at the UD. He's flown halfway around the world in a private jet with actor Josh Hartnett and upstaged Cate Blanchett...
View Article“Black Hawk Down” author joins UD staff
The longtime Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and bestselling author whose "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" was the basis for the 2001 war film has joined the journalism program staff at the...
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