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Virtually anyone who grew up in Indianapolis in the 1980s has at least a vague recollection of the Paramount Music Palace, even if it was only through their tuneful commercial on early morning local news. For those of us...

Banksy may have cornered the street art chatter in 2013, but this year was all about the many other artists claiming their spot in the limelight. From Los Angeles to Afghanistan, guerrilla artists across the world proved...

At the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, LA Detective Christian "Bigfoot" Bjornsen (Josh Brolin) who sports a flattop busts down the front door of the private eye Larry "Doc" Sportella's (Joacquin Phoenix) hou...

Two concurrent exhibitions in New York at the end of 2014 prove that the Surrealist legacy still informs some of the most vital and psychologically compelling art of the late 20th century -- as it still informs, albeit c...

Christine Cavanaugh, a notable voice actor and performer, died on Dec. 22 at the age of 51. Cavanaugh voiced a host of iconic animated characters, including Chuckie on "Rugrats" and Dexter on "Dexter's Laboratory." The v...

Why mulch won't starve your plants of needed nitrogen.

Washington's theater community must not have gotten the memo.The week after Christmas traditionally is one of the slowest news periods in the nation's capital, with pundits on vacation, Congress in recess and, this year,...

The best way to commemorate the top songs of 2014 is by banging a pair of shoes together -- just ask Andrew Huang. The musician, also known for his "Jingle Bells" remix with office equipment and "99 Red Balloons" with ac...

We already know the Department of the Interior's Instagram game is on point, but these gorgeous shots of the night sky are something else. The agency manages more than 500 million acres of public lands across the country...

Video games, toys, fonts, sci-fi -- whatever gets your inner geek going, we've got you covered. Here are our nine nerdiest posts of 2014:

This holiday season is upon us and what better to gift someone this year than a paperback copy of the Senate's report on the U.S. government's torture practices.Wait, what now?Well, we're not exactly sure what people are...

This holiday season is upon us and what better to gift someone this year than a paperback copy of the Senate’s report on the U.S. government’s torture practices. Wait, what now? Well, we’re not exactly sure what pe...

As noted in a press release from Disney, the studio enjoyed its second highest year ever at the box office, with $4.35 billion in total ticket sales. The flush 12 months come on the heels of the studio's record-breaking ...

When television historians (and future listicle makers) look back on 2014, one thing will seem crystal clear: this past year was one of the most diverse in the history of the small screen, a transformative revolution tha...

It's a crucial component to any New Year's Eve, wherever you are -- which channel should you flip on to watch the countdown to 2015? You have several choices, but we're highly in favor of any TV option that could lead to...

It’s a crucial component to any New Year’s Eve, wherever you are -- which channel should you flip on to watch the countdown to 2015? You have several choices, but we’re highly in favor of any TV option that could l...

For movie lovers, a new Michael Mann film is considered an event. Which is why the forthcoming release of "Blackhat" is so enticing and anticipated. Out Jan. 16, it marks Mann's first feature release in six years. Co-wri...

By the time she was just 19, Betty Buckley was already a veteran performer singing with a jazz trio at the Casa Del Sol Supper Club in her native Fort Worth. At 15, she had made her professional debut playing Dainty June...

Going out for New Year's Eve is fun, but so is hosting your own big shindig (bonus: you don't have to fight for a cab home). Be ready to capture the memories with your own photo booth. Everyone loves to ham it up in fron...

Today, two things you hold near and dear to your heart collide: "Walking Dead" actor Norman Reedus was once in the music video for Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees." Reedus plays Daryl Dixon on the hit zombie show, a fan-...

As 2015 creeps up on us, we're all scrambling to make resolutions we'll actually keep. This video from The School Of Life -- a London-based organization that aims to develop emotional intelligence through videos, classes...

Takenaka Bento Boxes • From $14 • Amazon.com Thinking about taking lunches to work or school in the new year, these are the nicest bento boxes I've seen: fresh modern colors, each bento is microwave and dishwasher sa...