45 years ago in Style: Kornheiser riffs on the news that Sinatra will be Chrysler's new pitchman for $1 a year, to help save the US auto industry. And, wow, film critic Gary Arnold really did not like "The Shining": "the Big Letdown of the new film season." www.washingtonpost.com/archive/life...

20 years ago in Style: Scrambling to catch up to and make sense of the news -- the identity of Deep Throat is revealed by Vanity Fair.

Every which way in print today

20 years ago in the Style section: Nixon's loyal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, dies. You would not believe how many readers called to report a misprint/production error in their paper when I wrote this.

15 years ago in the Style section: The ongoing investigation of how the Salahis managed to crash a White House state dinner. It was a huge deal, deeply dipped in absurdity, but also a harbinger of a new age of entitlement, gall, and a redefining of "celebrity." www.washingtonpost.com/archive/styl...

I work with amazing people. Marvin Joseph (photographer), Lauren Bulbin (photo editor), Brandon Ferrill (designer), @jonfischer.bsky.social (arts editor), Helena Andrews-Dyer (reporter). www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Reading hometown obits (as one does) and I will believe the future is really here when someone (maybe you, A.I.) finally fixes this ampersand shit, across the board, and solves the dagger quote/curly quote problem too. These glitches have been with us during the whole internet.