Peter Canellos is editor-at-large of Politico and editor of the book Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy. The new movie “Chappaquiddick” arrives in the midst of a mini-Kennedy revival, and ...

Distracting from the scandals all around us today, Hollywood has revived the Ted Kennedy-Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick tragedy of 1969 for a new generation. For those moviegoers who aren't Boomers, ...

Sen. Ted Kennedy’s car is pulled from the water off Dyke Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in July 1969. (AP) Analysis by Avi Selk Among the “scrambled thoughts” that came to a young Ted Kennedy as he ...

The film’s unspoken lesson is that in a country with just two main political tribes, there's almost no transgression committed by a “leader” that can't be morally compartmentalized Senior Opinion ...

The “lion of the Senate” is getting a posthumous close-up, and admirers of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy might not like what they see. “Chappaquiddick,” in theaters April 6, recalls the 1969 car ...

BOTTOM LINE John Curran’s gripping story about a 50-year-old scandal has plenty to say about modern politics. In his riveting drama “Chappaquiddick,” director John Curran revisits a 1969 scandal in ...

The Massachusetts clan has inspired dozens of big and small screen projects over the past 50-plus years. Some captured the youth and appeal of President John F. Kennedy. Others marveled at the ...

Seeing is believing; and I have seen Hollywood’s account of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s infamous tragic accident at Chappaquiddick and his “indefensible” actions (Kennedy’s word, not mine) in the ...