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Evan Ruggiero lost his right leg to bone cancer in 2010. He'd been studying musical theatre -- singing, acting, and tap-dancing -- at Montclair State University in New Jersey when he had to have it amputated. Before the ...

Fans of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" series may be sad that Ian Somerhalder wasn't cast as Christian Grey for the big-screen adaptation, but the actor himself is not sweating the decision. During a conversation about his p...

September is Banned Books Month, and PEN American Center is asking writers to reflect on the the banned books that matter most. This piece comes from former PEN staff member Nick Burd, author of the award-winning novel T...

Really, art world? An upcoming exhibit at the behemoth gallery known as Gagosian has managed to wrinkle the feathers of art admirers once again. The show, curiously titled "The Show Is Over" -- features 35 artists, but g...

Count on Madeleine Albright to show up this late to the Twitter game and conquer it immediately. Just after 9 a.m. Monday, she debuted on the Beltway's favorite social media site with a coy little humblebrag -- "First of...

Chip It! Watch the video and learn more Like this Room for Color 2013 contest entry? Favorite it below! Name: Brianne Location: San Diego, CA Division: Warm Inspiration for my palette: We have lovingly dubbed our bungalo...

SERIES PREMIERE: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (ABC at 8 p.m.) is the Joss Whedon comic book series based on the "Avengers" characters. Critic Hank Stuever says the show "launches with a plucky, adventuresome and rem...

"Product guy" Kanye West sat down with Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 for an intense discussion on all things "Yeezus," fashion and family. The first portion is available in video form below, but the full session just aired on...

The Emmy Awards this past Sunday marks the start of awards season. The dresses! The awkward moments! The long speeches! The Green Room, where the stars congregate backstage, is the center of the action behind the scenes....

Hopefully, the couples featured in Russian photographer Jana Romanova's series, "Waiting," enjoyed their 40 winks. They probably haven't slept so soundly since their babies arrived. Romanova's project shows 40 expecting ...

The red carpet at the 65th annual Emmy Awards Sunday night has been lauded as a successful merger of high fashion and an awards show that has long been on the bottom of the totem pole for innovation. But for all the prai...

The 17th annual Dumbo Arts Festival is this weekend. The Brooklyn-waterfront fete will host a wide range of art installations and performances, both indoor and outdoor. Among this year's highlights: A giant, pixelated po...

Chip It! Watch the video and learn more Like this Room for Color 2013 contest entry? Favorite it below! Name: Alya Location: Surra Kuwait Division: International Inspiration for my palette: My love of grey.

Every tale has two sides. "Wicked" tells the untold story of the bad witch from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs gives the wolf's perspective, and now finally ... We bring you the untold st...

Voice of a generation Drake stopped by NYU's Skriball Center on Sunday to chat with Elliott Wilson of RapRadar as part of the latter's #CRWN series of conversations with rappers. As you might have guessed, there were som...

DETROIT — Detroit is famous for its music, from the Motown hits of the 1960s to the cutting-edge punk of Iggy Pop to the rap of Eminem. Little known, though, is that Michigan was also fertile ground for folk music, bro...

Chip It! Watch the video and learn more Like this Room for Color 2013 contest entry? Favorite it below! Name: Rachel Location: Toronto Canada Division: International Inspiration for my palette: We were going for somethin...

Going head-to-head with the last episodes of "Breaking Bad" has provided a horribly unflattering contrast for "Dexter's" final season. While the last season of "Dexter" was bad on its own merits, it looked extra terrible...

The style world certainly has a look, one that is generally long and lean and one that Scott Schuman has become famous for capturing. But the street style photographer, aka "The Sartorialist," has an appreciation for all...

Michael Douglas revealed Sunday night -- via his Emmys acceptance speech -- that his son is cooped up in solitary confinement these days. Onstage, accepting his prize for playing Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra," his ...

Name: Monique Lavie, her boyfriend Matt Woodward, and Elsa the BoxerLocation: Travis Heights; Austin, TexasSize: 900 square feetYears lived in: Owned; 6 months It's completely enviable when someone can successfully pull ...

Tina Fey continued her Emmys acceptance speech backstage at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards and thanked ... the pope. Yes, the pope. In the Emmys.com video, below, Fey thanked her husband, Jeff Richmond, the children of h...