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Perhaps it's just me, but every year with the Winter season approaching and the hunt for a pair of boots beginning, I am stuck deciding what to go for. New cuts, new lengths, new shapes and a whole lot of choice. YOU mag...

MILAN (AP) -- Don't expect gladiators to make a latter-day comeback. And soccer has already been ruled out. But an archaeologist's proposal to return the Colosseum's storied arena to the state it was in when gladiators s...

Every so often, a group of handpicked journalists gets the equivalent of a tap on the shoulder from a White House functionary. They're invited to a background briefing, one of Washington's most common, and little examine...

Women's clothing sizes are mostly arbitrary, especially when it comes to denim. If you have a tough time finding the perfect fit, check out Qcut. Answer a few questions, and the direct-to-consumer clothier will match you...

Gordon Peterson, one of the deans of local-television news in Washington, will leave WJLA, channel 7, at the end of the year, he told colleagues on Friday. "My current contract expires at the end of the year and I have d...

At the heart of UPAJ: Improvise - a documentary about the unlikely liaison between an elder statesman of Indian classical dance and a rebellious young African American tap dancer - is a bracing message for all warriors f...

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London--Because jukebox musicals by definition have marquee-name value, they're not likely any time soon to stop playing--and costing much more than 25 or 50 cents a selection. The latest is Sunny Afternoon, at the Harol...

From The Kitchn ' Here's What You Can Prep Now for Thanksgiving Dinner

The Facts and the Curious. "The Fast and the Furious" came out all the way back in the summer of 2001. Since then, the "Fast & Furious" franchise has transitioned from being purely about street racing to grand heists tha...

Commuters in Hong Kong might notice something unusual on their route through the subways this month. In between the barrage of commercial advertisements directed at them (not to mention the throngs of other commuters), t...

Plenty of musicians dazzle audiences with a combination of chops, attitude and style, but few have the type of presence owned by larger-than-life icons like Beyoncé or Björk. Opening her first U.S. headlining tour at a...

There's a stunning exhibition of paintings by the early 20th century American artist Marsden Hartley at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The fact that this substantial body of work spans only two years, from 1913 to...

Image: Bobby Quillard Any "Scandal" fan can attest that Joe Morton is reason enough to tune in to the hit Shonda Rhimes drama. The actor steals scenes as Rowan Pope, father to our favorite crisis-fixer, Olivia, and head ...

You knew when Army-guy Abe got manic about leaving the church and heading for D.C. that this was not going to go well and indeed, it seems like it will not. We'll get the details Sunday night in "Self Help," but previews...

You knew when Army-guy Abe got manic about leaving the church and heading for D.C. that this was not going to go well and indeed, it seems like it will not. We'll get the details Sunday night in "Self Help," but previews...

NBC is in the very early stages of producing a live version of "A Few Good Men," Variety reports. Reportedly working on the project are Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producers behind "Sound of Music Live!" and "Peter P...

The rage that polarized the country over the Vietnam War now, decades later, often seems a distant memory. A gripping revival of David Rabe's Sticks and Bones, led by excellent performances from Bill Pullman and Holly Hu...

Move over, un-lacquered brass. Take a back seat, copper. There's a new metal shade in town. These days, I just can't get enough of matte black ironmongery. I dream about buying a home and covering every possible bit of h...

Spotted on Femina. Nothing makes a space quite like the right artwork. And nothing is quite as much of a bummer as finding the perfect apartment and realizing that you can't put any holes in the walls -- or that the wall...

For years, Vocal Arts DC has been championing promising singers, such as the now-celebrated artists Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson and Matthias Goerne. On Thursday night, the group put another winner in the spotlight -- ...

When photographer Kenneth Willardt's new fashion title, "The Beauty Book," landed on our desks, we thought, "Oh, this is fancy!" The 304-page book is a work of art itself with its red and green microsuede limited-edition...