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When it comes to decorating, we love adding little pieces to every room that remind us of back home--perhaps conjuring memories of our dad's worn-in leather love seat or our mom’s ...

One of my favorite design elements these days are globes; I recently added one to our living room and it is the best part of the room. Globes are great pieces for kids' rooms, too, since they are both aesthetically pleas...

As the weather gets colder, I find myself more and more drawn to cozy, intimate interiors -- the kind with dark walls and beamed ceilings that practically beg you to curl up under a fluffy throw and lose yourself in a bo...

Americans tend to lack imagination when it comes to breakfast. The vast majority of us, surveys say, start our days with cold cereal -- and those of us with children are more likely to buy the kinds with the most sugar. ...

Today we are excited to share the front porch makeover that one of our regular photographers, Krista Jones, recently completed on her home! “We’ve been wanting to update our front ...

"Clouds of Sils Maria," the latest film from French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, is one of the most meta, layered films on this year's festival circuit. Not only is the story about a revival of a play within a movie, but t...

In today's bummer news, Adele will release an album this year. Rumors about new music have circulated for months, but the New York Times now reports that we shouldn't expect a new album from her until at least next year....

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Leo Twiggs' paintings of shadowy Confederate flags and faceless men with bulls-eyes on their backs are a few of the haunting images he has developed living as a black man in the South. The 80-yea...

Winner of six Tony Awards, the Broadway hit musical Kinky Boots debuted on The Great White Way in October 2012 and hasn't slowed down since. The popular musical is based on the 2005 film Kinky Boots, which was serendipit...

I often get asked for tips on how to become a better photographer. The majority asking are parents who want to take better pictures of their own children. Others just seem hungry for a quick fix. While I could easily put...

I never planned to write legal mystery. I'd had in mind something stodgier -- solid stories that could stand on a shelf with all the great works that I'd encountered over the years. One end of that shelf is occupied by t...

Thirty-five years ago, a young American History PhD student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst converted his dissertation on Jack Kerouac into the book, Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation, and Amer...

Review of The Copyright Wars: Three Centuries of Trans-Atlantic Battle. By Peter Baldwin. Princeton University Press. 535 pp. $35. In 1989, the United States joined the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and...

Patrick Modiano was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the world's highest literary honor, on Thursday. The Swedish committed praised the 69-year-old French writer for "the art of memory with which he has evoked the ...

On a typical weekday in Miami Beach, you'd likely find the six Miami City Ballet apprentices at work. From professional rehearsals and classes with the Miami City Ballet to training…

Even on her worst days, Shirley Thompson used to have to wait weeks to see her psychiatrist to get help with her bipolar disorder.

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Stocksund Sofa • $599 • IKEA Whoa, Nelly! Ikea just launched a bunch of new additions that reach back into a more traditional European past. This roll arm sofa is killer at less than $600 in this soft red fabric, whi...

Funny actresses don't really need anyone to save them, but considering how hard it is to make it in Hollywood, Paul Feig has turned into a knight in thick-rimmed glasses. He directed surprise hit "Bridesmaids" and follow...

"The light in me honors and respects the light in you. Namaste," were the words of Terri Cooper, teacher and founder of Yoga Gangsters, during a class at Girl Power…

Fall puts on its finery when the ornamental grasses appear - their plumes shimmering and shining in the autumn sun.

The "Skylanders" franchise has generated over $2 billion in sales for Activision, which first introduced the collectible toy game concept to the video game industry in 2011. Toys for Bob,