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We spent the better part of two years waiting to see if Princess Leia, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker would star in "Episode VII," but it turns out J.J. Abrams attempted to tap into the much deeper well of characters from t...

There's nothing more entertaining than when a controversial cultural relic resurfaces to incite anger all over again. Such is the case this week (albeit on a much milder scale) with "Piss Christ," Andres Serrano's infamo...

It seems to me there's more than one reason for staging a revival. The first one that springs to mind, because it's the most obvious, is that a well-written and successful play is always a strong contender for old and ne...

The French photojournalist who was found murdered in the Central African Republic Tuesday left behind a remarkable volume of work. 26-year-old Camille Lepage spent her career covering East and Central Africa and has been...

A weekly roundup of food events, cooking classes, food tours and wine tastings in Wake, Durham and Orange counties.

An acquaintance of mine once called to ask advice on a memoir he was writing. He told me he wanted to learn to write for better effect. And he told me something that has been bouncing around in my mind ever since. He sta...

Who knew so much happiness could be held inside a manilla envelope? This sweet short film, titled "Seeds," follows a young man on his way to visit his mother in India, and tells a moving story about love, family and an u...

With the finale just one week away, "American Idol" (Fox at 8 p.m.) celebrates its 100th episode with the final three vocalists taking the stage and judge Randy Jackson selecting one song for each finalist to perform.

Scott Bradlee and Postmodern Jukebox have taken yet another classic and turned it into something, well, classic. This time they've nabbed Madonna's "Like A Prayer" and recreated it to sound like a 1940s tune with the voi...

Are there any secrets of Jackie Kennedy's left to spill? Hard to believe that there isn't a private moment of the iconic -- and much-chronicled -- former first lady's life that hasn't been pawed over, but a newly surface...

The following article is provided by Rolling Stone. By BRIAN HIATT Sadly, Neil Patrick Harris didn't show up for his Rolling Stone interviews tripping on mushrooms, Harold and Kumar-style. But senior writer Brian Hiatt's...

Today was the first day of the Brimfield Antique Show, and if you've ever been, you know how easy it is to get lost in the fields. Inside Brimfield has launched an iOS and Android app that maps dealers, helps you find a ...

Alex Chacon has just finished the adventure of a lifetime -- and he has a mesmerizing selfie video to prove it. Over the course of three years, Chacon used a GoPro camera on a stick to document his travels to far-flung p...

It's time for Harry Potter fans to cue up their time turners. The "Harry Potter" spinoff trilogy, "Fantastic Beasts," has a release date for its first installment, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." The film from...

There are lots of ways to think about Tuesday's surprise European court decision, which ruled that search engines must remove unflattering Google results on an individual's request. It's a thorny legal issue, with plenty...

Spike Lee's award-winning film "Do The Right Thing," about racial turmoil in Brooklyn, paved the way for politically infused discussions about race in the United States after its release in 1989. As the film now celebrat...

Michael Jackson's second posthumous album, "Xscape," requires us to do some math. It offers two different versions of seven different songs -- and in the case of the album's first single, "Love Never Felt So Good," three...

James Maslow rose to fame as James Diamond on Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush. Now, after an international tour with his band from the show (also named Big Time Rush), he's taking his performing career to the next level as a...

From The Kitchn ' Kitchen Before & After: From 70s Ski Chalet to Light and Organized

The question sounded innocuous enough: Did James Madison have an undue influence on George Washington? "You find that more than once in the early republic," biographer Lynne Cheney began, as her husband looked on. "The i...

Tired of that humongous pothole at the end of the block? Look again -- now it's a cereal bowl. In Scranton, Pennsylvania, the glass potholes are half full, thanks to the efforts of The Pop Up Studio. The arts group recen...

Pianist Jeffrey Biegel's latest CD, Life According To Chopin: Chopin's Greatest Piano Solos may be the first tell-all among a colossal number of recordings dedicated to the work of Frédéric Chopin. The eleven tracks re...