It’s even colder when I step out of the Land Rover and the light has gone completely. My breath smokes in the air. We had a mild, wet autumn, even up here in the Highlands. Winter has pounced upon the land: scattering frost and snow, tightening the earth in its grip. Petrified dead leaves crack beneath my feet and the ridges of mud left by old tyre tracks have frozen solid.

A former beauty queen is getting candid about her journey to sobriety.  Cullen Johnson Hill, who was first runner-up in the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at "what addiction looks like" to inspire others to quit drinking. "I've just come from jail, serving my time that I owed from my second DUI, and this will be my journey," she said in a Nov. 29 TikTok video. "I'm so much better when I'm sober.

Despite perhaps a few disappointing years, Lando Norris‘ F1 career is slowly coming to age with back-to-back podiums. Even though the Brit is capable enough of winning races if not championships, he is slowly and gradually warming up to it. The new era for McLaren surely has Lando Norris buzzing with confidence and positivity. As it turns out, this positivity is contagious. In the Norris family, Lando is not the only one bringing in the top three performances.

Red Table Talk: The Estefans closed out its 2020 season with none other than Justice Sonia Sotomayor. After a string of episodes that have tackled everything from divorce, mental health and grief, Gloria, Lili and Emily Estefan welcomed the Supreme Court Justice for an inspirational episode celebrating the first Hispanic member of the Court.  Joining the red table virtually from Washington, D.C, the Bronx native talked at length about the hardships she endured growing up, her tenure on the Supreme Court and what she’s learned over the years.

Multi-hyphenate appeared on TV, in films Broadway producer, theatre and opera critic and actress Ellen Brandt died September 19 in Los Angeles from a stroke. She was 86. An emigre from Hitler’s Nazi Germany, born Ellen Ruth Friedsam, she obtained a double degree in math and chemistry and was offered a position on the Manhattan Project, but turned it down to accept a contract from Revlon before becoming the spokesmodel for the Ed Sullivan show.