Sen. Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick scandal is the subject of Cover-Up, a new weekly podcast series from PEOPLE On July 18, 1969, Sen. Ted Kennedy’s car crashed off a small bridge on the tiny ...

It is increasingly dispiriting to hope, even in the #MeToo era, that the mainstream media will ever fully divest from the Camelot myth. The latest example is Tuesday night’s deplorably named ABC News ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. Entertainment Studios has released a new ...

'I was trying to find my way into Ted,' the lead actor said. Jason Clarke steps into the shoes of Senator Ted Kennedy in the new film "Chappaquiddick." The drama looks back on the 1969 events ...

The evening of July 18, 1969, started out as an ordinary midsummer’s night for one of America’s most extraordinary families. Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy — who had come to Martha’s Vineyard to race in ...

According to his son Patches, Sen. Ted Kennedy was a “fun, terrific person.” Just ask Mary Jo Kopechne. Today is the 49th anniversary of the famous midnight swim of the “Liberal Lion” — or should I ...

Mary Jo Kopechne, shown in this undated photo, was killed after Sen. Edward Kennedy drove a car off a bridge on Massachusetts’ Chappaquiddick Island on July 18, 1969. (Photo: AP) Mary Jo Kopechne, ...

"Her story has largely been lost to history, as the media and the public focused on the man whose career was forever damaged by the accident," ABC said Nearly 50 years after Mary Jo Kopechne‘s body ...

Following her death on Oct. 8, 2025, PEOPLE examines the impact of the 1969 Chappaquiddick incident on Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of Sen. Ted Kennedy At 37 years old, Joan was the subject of ...

The new film Chappaquiddick depicts a searing scandal that changed the course of political history. As the only surviving brother in a storied dynasty, 37-year-old Senator Ted Kennedy looked like a ...

If anyone ever truly deserved a Profiles in Courage Award, it was the late Leo Damore, the author of this "Senatorial Privilege: The Chappaquiddick Cover-Up." Of course, the awards are handed out by ...

Update, Oct. 21: After moving Chappaquiddick into the Thanksgiving space 16 days ago, Entertainment Studios has had second thoughts and is pushing the John Curran-directed movie to April 6 for awards ...