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Hallmark Channel saw success with its first original drama, "Cedar Cove," so it is hoping for a similar outcome with backdoor pilot "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" (Hallmark at 9), which just got ordered to series. In this t...

Married: Philippe Cousteau and Ashlan Gorse, very quietly late last month in France. Cousteau, 33, is a member of the legendary ocean-exploring family and environmental activist who runs a D.C.-based nonprofit; Gorse, 32...

Monday night's New York Dance and Performance Awards (the Bessies) celebrated the gift of dance and performance to the people of our City. But as the presenters left the spotlight at the end of the evening, I was struck ...

Emma Watson is reteaming with "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" writer-director Stephen Chbosky in a new movie that sounds a lot like the Zac Efron vehicle, "17 Again." The news was first reported by Deadline.com. The mo...

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dramatic accounts of the Navy SEALs rescuing the captain of an American cargo ship made headlines around the world in 2009. The military said SEAL snipers killed a trio of pirates in a te...

Eyebombing is definitely goofy and potentially creepy, which makes it an especially good candidate for Halloween decorations and for surprising people this season. Not that you should limit yourself during the rest of th...

One of the best impulsive decisions I made at the beginning of the year (while perusing Anthropologie.com in bed just before midnight) was buying a good quality solid color coverlet. Now that the weather's cooling down a...

Q: I'm moving into a new apartment with one big issue: no vent hood over the stove. Is there a temporary, affordable solution to filter grease and other airborne nastiness that results from cooking? Obviously, this can't...

Crop Mobs descend on farms to assist local farmers, helping them succeed in their efforts to continue working the land.

Name: Martin Scott, Forever InteriorsLocation: The Junction, TorontoSize: Workshop 2,500 square feet, Store 2,000 square feetYears Occupied: 8 years Dividing his time between his workshop and the Forever Interiors storef...

Brief news from here and there: Shutdown optics force cancellation of London party for new U.S. ambassador -- a private party, but still, just wouldn't have looked right. (In the Loop) Oh, now, Sarah Jessica Parker SAYS ...

It has long been assumed that Harrison Ford will reprise his role as Han Solo in J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode VII," but you know what they say about assumptions. In an interview with Graham Norton, Ford said he had "...

Q: We are downsizing to a rental for a year, and I'm stuck on how to arrange the furniture to make the space as cozy and intimate as possible. I work at home, so my environment is important, but I don't want my husband t...

5 Pointz, New York City's graffiti mecca, is finally and officially set for demolition. Two large apartment complexes will take its place. The New York City Council unanimously approved the plan for the $400 million proj...

All right, all right, all right: To celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Dazed and Confused," director Richard Linklater screened his own 35mm print of the 1993 classic at the 51st annual New York Film Festival on Thursday...

Many women struggle with body insecurities, and the Internet offers places for women to discuss how they feel about their hips, thighs, stretch marks, stomachs and even labias. Now the cervix (the passage at the lower en...

Ever wondered what would happen if Kentucky Fried Chicken's mascot, Colonel Sanders, actually ate the food his (cartoon) face publicized? One Yemeni designer decided to find out, and the results are hilarious -- in a sad...

I saw the picture the way we see so many things on Facebook a quick glance, a quick judgment. Blink. It was a picture of a little boy, seen from the back, standing on the fence outside the National Zoo, under a sign that...

I saw the picture the way we see so many things on Facebook - a quick glance, a quick judgment. Blink. It was a picture of a little boy, seen from the back, standing on the fence outside the National Zoo, under a sign th...

One of the quandaries of being a black ballerina is that people never stop talking about it. Every single article is peppered with references to the rarity of your position, the novelty of being a black woman pirouetting...

The Legacy of Edward George My grandfather was born enslaved on a plantation in Jones County, N.C. As a young man, he broke out of bondage. It was the summer of 1863 and the Civil War was drawing to its climax. Edward Ge...

Where do you suppose "The Walking Dead" is taking us? Or let me put it this way: If I ask you to envision what its final episode might look like a few years from now, what do you see? President Carl Grimes (Chandler Rigg...