Months after filing lawsuits against each other, and over a year since the band got into an onstage fight at a Boston show, Jane’s Addiction are reuniting …in order to break up for good. Perry Farrell and the Jane’s Addiction official account issued a joint statement on Instagram,

From modern-day adaptations of her enduring classics to one that celebrates her iconic side characters, don't miss then Jane Austen-themed favorites

It’s a Christmas miracle! After a year-plus of recriminations, lawsuits and physical altercations, the original members of Jane’s Addiction have not quite kissed, but they have made up. In a statement posted to the band’s official Instagram page,

Harings says Lizzie is her favorite Austen character. "She has such sharp, sarcastic wit and she's so self-confident, despite the fact that she's constantly being put down by the people around her for her supposedly lower position in life as the slightly less pretty of the mother's two oldest daughters."

Jane Austen was born 250 years ago, and today, her relative is keeping her legacy alive through philanthropy. Caroline Jane Knight, Austen's fifth great niece, founded the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation in 2014,

Enduring romances such as "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," and "Emma" made the British writer one of the brightest names in literature – and the beloved subject of a yearlong celebration marking the 250th anniversary of her birth.

From a puzzle and fresh-scented candle to a Pride and Prejudice-inspired recipe book, these souvenirs are bound to put a smile on a Janiac's face.

A librarian who works at a school named in memory of the one where Jane Austen studied says she was "excited" to discover she had family connections to the author. Joanne Wenman works at The Abbey School in Reading, named after the Reading Abbey Gateway where Austen was educated from 1785.

As fans celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, scholars are still combing over documents to solve the mystery shrouding her final days.

Happy birthday, Jane Austen! The beloved novelist, famous for writing Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, would have turned 250 years old on Dec. 16, 2025.