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At this point in Duff Goldman's career -- after opening bakeries on two coasts, creating a sugary replica of the GE Building for the 100th episode of "30 Rock," and engineering a 61-pound cupcake to try to set a Guinness...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A poem by the late writer Carl Sandburg that appears to have been previously unknown has turned up in the archives of...

Organizers have asked us (!) to harness our most patriotic and poetic instincts (!) with the hashtag #prezpoem. At times, we might come off as a little too earnest, and we might go a little crazy with our adjectives, and...

My plane landed in Salt Lake City around 1 p.m. yesterday -- and by 3:30, I was sitting in a press screening at the Sundance Film Festival of Austenland.

Who thought planning your own funeral could put a smile on your face? When I started asking friends about music they'd like to be remembered by I got an earful, so I thought I'd pass along some of their requests.

I never met Elvis, but sometimes it seems that the sentiment in Mojo Nixon's anthem -- "Elvis is everywhere / Elvis is everything / Elvis is everybody / Elvis is still the King" -- remains as true as ever.

The Gay And Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced its nominees for the 24th Annual GLAAD media awards, which "recognize and honor media for their...

When street photographer Garry Winogrand passed away unexpectedly at 56 years old, he left behind approximately 250,000 images he'd never even seen. Because the extremely...

This month, the media has been peppered with stories marking the one-year anniversary of the Costa Concordia disaster. While many people were quick to compare...

WASHINGTON -- Usher sang "Yeah!" Katy Perry donned star and stripes for "Firework." And a ballroom full of lucky kids got to rock out with...

PARK CITY, Utah -- Alexandra Pelosi was beaming: She had just made her Sundance Film Festival debut with the HBO documentary "Fall from Grace," about...

Years ago, beloved humor columnist and author Erma Bombeck gave the perfect answer when, after an exhausting day of work, errands and laundry, her youngest child asked, ?Mama, where do...

When 10-year-old Kelly Berg first told her friends about the seven-month cross-country family RV trip her mom was planning, to visit parks, museums and other sites in 48 states, the...

Because there?s a wine producer to meet every need and taste ? from Trader Joe?s ?Two-Buck Chuck? to the priciest Dom Perignon ? finding a deal on a great bottle...

You should get to know Janet. My sister, youngest of six children, is one of a kind.

Amy Prokopowicz, 34, is a counselor who helps homeless women, but when she volunteers at the soup kitchen, she has gotten offers of free food. ?I walked in and a...

Say you?re in the shower, wearing your ?soap on a rope?Christmas gift from Aunt Bessie. Suddenly, you realize it?s mid-January and you haven?t written to thank her for this lovely...

I have seen the future and it is hot, wet, sandy and you can get one of those funny-colored drinks with a paper umbrella.

With free time for North American residents at a premium, and the increasing number of people juggling side businesses and freelance gigs, working vacations are becoming a common occurrence. Before...

The answers given by Bigelow and Boal to justify the normalizing of torture in Zero Dark Thirty have been vain, wheedling, and dodgy. They are a clever pair of filmmakers, without political or moral depth, but here, perh...

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