The Latest Breaking News from Elvira

Miriam Toews: ‘Forgiveness is a religious construct, a means of maintaining the status quo’

The Canadian author tells Helen Brown about how two devastating family suicides informed her latest novel, ‘Fight Night’, and what the Mennonite community made of the Oscar-winning film adaptation of ‘Women Talking’

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

That Home Brad Pitt Just Sold? Elvira Says It's Haunted

Elvira opens up about the home Brad Pitt just sold for a cool $40 million.

Cinemablend · May 1, 2023

That Time Brad Pitt Trained For Fight Club In His Garage, And Neighbor Elvira ‘Almost Fainted’ Watching Him

Elvira star, Cassandra Peterson, shares a hilarious story of seeing Brad Pitt train for Fight Club while they were neighbors.

Cinemablend · Apr 9, 2023

Elvira calls out Kylie Jenner for not tagging her in Halloween costume: ‘More flattering if she tagged me’

The Kylie Cosmetics founder recreated the Mistress of the Dark’s look as one of her many Halloween costumes

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Did Madonna come out as gay on TikTok?

According to Cassandra Peterson (a.k.a. Elvira) Madonna hit on her girlfriend back in the day

Salon · Oct 15, 2022

Serial killer family who murdered travellers and dumped their bodies down trapdoor

The 'Bloody Benders' are America's first-known serial-killing family and would lure unsuspecting guests into their inn before smashing their skulls then cutting their throats

Daily Mirror · Aug 4, 2022

Fight Night by Miriam Toews review – a war cry for rebellious women

The relationships between three generations – child, mother, grandmother – are brilliantly observed in a novel full of humour and pain

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022

Fight Night by Miriam Toews review – a paean to the strength of women

The Canadian author once again mines her cultural background in a wonderfully drawn celebration of intergenerational bonding

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

Dumfries Theatre Royal curtain set to open on Guild of Players' new show

The homegrown thespians are putting the finishing touches to their production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit

Daily Record · Mar 29, 2022

Ukrainian family who fled to Dumfries settling in with relatives

Krystyna Sin and her son Den are now living with her sister Elvira and husband Mike Dear

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2022