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Naomi Replansky speaks with rueful self-acceptance of the long patience she's devoted to her relatively small body of work. "There's that old saying about how inspiration is waiting outside in a thunder storm for lighten...

"Misfits" Season 4 is just around the corner. The popular E4 series, which is now airing on Logo and Hulu in the U.S., will return...

When the lights come up, the stage is littered with three bodies and photographers are busily snapping pictures of them.

Perhaps my expectations were a bit too high, but the talented folks at The Flea Theater couldn't entirely save this clever concept for a show from what struck me as unfortunately simplistic writing.

Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson were friends for more than 10 years before the author killed himself in 2005. The two men bonded instantly...

If history class were like the rock musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, I might have fared better in school. It examines the life of Andrew Jackson, America's seventh president, through the lens of a wry, high-octane r...

"The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" is a homecoming of sorts Edward Burns: The new film reunites the writer/director/star with Michael McGlone and Connie Britton, both of...

"The Walking Dead" continues to shatter ratings records. The Season 3 premiere of AMC's popular drama had 10.9 million viewers at 9 p.m. and 15.2...

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane and admitted she plotted to kill a Swedish artist who offended Muslims faces a life...

"I shun the normal and the commonplace," proclaims Cyrano de Bergerac, writer and duelist. "My style comes from within!" This production, as Cyrano is fond of saying, is loaded with panache.

Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt is apparently not a fan of Sarah Silverman. In fact, if his open letter to her can be taken on its face,...

President Obama hasn't been shy about weighing in on the tough issues the American public is facing, including the beef between Mariah Carey and Nicki...

Philip Hensher has lamented the decline of pen and paper in the age of email. In a blind test, we gave him some celebrity handwriting...

And so in the end, it turns out to have been a lie after all: there are not plenty more fish in the sea. Quite...

So these two writers walk into a bar, right? And neither of them is a horse or anything but both of them are complaining about fan-fiction, where "fans" write "fiction" based on another writer's works, then typically pos...

Hush Hush by Steven Barthelme Melville House, $16.95 October 23, 2012 What is it about? Barthleme's short story collection explores shortcomings from multiple angles. As...

Name: James Fung Location: Capitol Hill; Seattle, Washington Size: 450 square feet Years lived in: 3 months, rented A designer who recently made the move back to Seattle after living and working in Manhattan, James has c...

For years, bikers have proudly remained rebels and outsiders in American culture. Though they may first appear to be a lawless crew of land-dwelling pirates,...

In his New York debut last week, the 15-year-old El Carpeta, grandson of the great late flamenco dancer El Farruco, carried the legacy of his family and laid it all out on the stage, right down to his white botas.

It is clear why The Best of Everything appeals to modern-day audiences, but what was not counted on, however, was the frightening relevance of the play to present-day women, especially during an election season.

Sacha Baron Cohen was cast as Freddie Mercury in an untitled movie about the Queen frontman back in September of 2010. Over two years later,...

Miley Cyrus may be an engaged woman, but that doesn't mean she's banned from an onscreen kiss or two. While chatting with Jay Leno on...