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Lorde may be the greatest New Zealand musical export of 2013 (or of the century, let's be real), but back home, she's got competition. The members of the improbably popular operatic trio Sol3 Mio -- pronounced So-lay Mee...

For a young cabaret star on the rise, the review that Carole J. Bufford got from the New York Times after a 2013 cabaret appearance was the stuff dreams -- and careers -- are made of. Bowled over by her performance, the ...

A recent petition is calling for Scarlett Johansson's role in "Ghost in the Shell" to be recast on the grounds of whitewashing. Earlier this month, Variety reported that Johansson had signed on to star in DreamWorks' big...

Amid controversy with this year's list of Oscar nominees, there's this sobering statistic: The eight movies nominated for Best Picture are the lowest-grossing group since the Academy Awards expanded from five nominees in...

The American Society of Magazine Editors revealed the nominees for its annual National Magazine Awards during an hour-long Twittercast Thursday. A total of 66 outlets were nominated across two dozen categories, with publ...

January - the month we all try to get the year started off right. Christmas decor is tucked away for another year but you're left with that mess of tech cords tucked in the corner or under your desk. If you were lucky yo...

From The Kitchn ' This Book on Tidying Has Changed How I Look at My Kitchen

Before they began designing the September 11 Memorial Museum - recent winner of a National AIA Honor Award - the architects at Davis Brody Bond looked at the void created by the collapse of the World Trade Center towers....

Fresh off of winning two Golden Globes last week, Amazon Prime has a second batch of new original pilots. The seven new comedy, drama and docu-series pilots from the online streaming studio are definitely not the next "T...

A Kentucky company that made and marketed a licensed iced tea named after one of the "Duck Dynasty" stars has sued Duck Commander Inc. after filing for bankruptcy.The complaint -- filed in federal court in late December ...

Name: Meredith Location: Upper West Side, NYC After a traumatic ending to an 8 year relationship I was looking for a fresh start in the city to be closer to work and friends. Downsizing from a three bedroom house in the ...

The first thing to know about "Lena NW" is that, like most of her generation, she grew up on the Internet. It's important to note because most of Lena's artwork has some element reflecting the hyper-connected world and t...

Becoming a parent involves countless new adventures. This latest Pampers ad, titled "A Newborn Journey of Firsts," celebrates those new experiences and milestones that both babies and parents experience in their first ye...

For many people, the phrase "Lifetime movie" is synonymous with curling up on a lazy weekend afternoon in front of the TV, trying but thoroughly unable to tear yourself away from a movie called "My Stepson, My Lover."

Around this time of year, I'm asked what my favorite show of the previous year was and what I'm most looking forward to in 2015. It's a little hard for me because I tend to think more in terms of Tony Awards seasons and ...

Justin Jones was just going about his usual workout at a Planet Fitness when John Travolta came out of nowhere and introduced himself to the exerciser. The two ended up taking a selfie of the 3 a.m. interaction, which Jo...

Jennifer Aniston did all the things in "Cake" that an actress is supposed to do to ensure Oscar glory. There was the greasy hair and the facial scars, the prickly, complicated personality and the drug addiction. She dres...

Jennifer Aniston did all the things in “Cake” that an actress is supposed to do to ensure Oscar glory. There was the greasy hair and the facial scars, the prickly, complicated personality and the drug addiction. She ...

Laurel & Margot's Celebration of Craft To truly master all the skills of maintaining a home is an exhaustive list and frankly, out of reach for many people. But even if knowing everything about home repair and DIY is not...

Sleater-Kinney's first album in 10 years comes out next week, and to celebrate, the band enlisted a bunch of famous friends to sing the album's title track, "No Cities to Love." Sarah Silverman, Evan Rachel Wood, Brie La...

Laura's Mid-Century Melrose Place All of my adult life I've been waging a sort of small-scale war: a war against The Encroachment of the Stuff. I think, though, that when I look back on the history of this conflict I wil...

"Selma" might have gotten a cold shoulder from Oscar -- it earned a "best picture" nomination, but director Ava DuVernay notably was frozen out of the "best director" category, and its actors didn't get nods -- but it's ...