On a recent visit to my childhood bedroom—that has remained largely untouched at my strongly-worded request—I couldn’t help but laugh when I spotted a large advert taped to my wall that reads: “When ...

Editor’s note: Sandy Steers, executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley since its founding in 2001, died of cancer in February 2026. Since 2019, more than 227 million people have tuned in to a ...

Sometimes, you just want to watch something easy. While feel-good movies can come from any genre, the majority are comedies, family films and romances. Because “feel-good” movies are often from these ...

January has, unfortunately, become the time of year when a lot of people feel a strong urge to punish themselves. Sure, they may do it under the guise of “health,” or perhaps they will dress it up as ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There was a time when Hollywood knew how to make audiences feel joy — leaving us lighter as we left the cinema ...

Whitney Houston in "Waiting to Exhale," Jack Black in "School of Rock" and Kate Hudson in "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" Movies are empathy machines, as Roger Ebert once wrote. The best films allow us ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this post, we're going to present a rundown of the best feel-good shows that Apple TV+ has to offer, including everything from its ...

It’s a truism that social evolution influences biological evolution and vice versa. As we evolved into more civilized and complex cultures, our emotions adapted to help us cope with increasingly ...