Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...

This backbone of Cajun and Creole cooking is essential for nailing the flavors and cuisine of Louisiana. It also has a rich history, connected to the different groups of people who settled in the ...

Opening in 1848, L’Institution Catholique des Orphelins Indigents was created at a time when New Orleans’ public schools only served White children ... colony of Saint-Domingue, and moved ...

As a Catholic and a medievalist, I can never resist meeting a new saint. The relic, it turned out, was the saint’s hand, though without any special ornament or reliquary, the ornate containers ...

Shepard’s film career also saw her alongside Elvis Presley in two of his films—’King Creole’ (1958) and ‘Paradise, Hawaiian Style’ (1966), where she played significant supporting roles.

Jan Shepard, who starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1958 film King Creole, has died at the age of 96. The Hollywood golden age actress died on January 17 at a hospital in Burbank, California ...

Jan Shepard, who acted opposite Elvis Presley in 1958’s King Creole and 1966’s Paradise, Hawaiian Style, and appeared in more than 30 TV Westerns, died Jan. 17 at a hospital in Burbank ...

What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...

She was 96. In 1958, Shepard first appeared opposite Elvis Presley in the musical drama King Creole as Mimi, the sister of Presley’s Danny Fisher. Eight years later, in 1966, the two appeared ...

Shepard portrayed Mimi, the sister of Presley’s Danny Fisher, in the Michael Curtiz-directed King Creole (1958) and the wife of Danny Kohana (James Shigeta), who partners with Presley’s Rick ...

cartons with the official White Lotus logo on the packaging. This is an officially-licensed collaboration between Saint James and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products, who says fans can ...