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One of the most talked about movies at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival was Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age story Dope. The man behind movies such as Brown Sugar, Talk To Me, and The Wood weaves a talk about three 90s hip �...

Considering you could cross this narrow lot with two big steps, it didn't seem ideal for any structure, much less a home for three (plus parking!). But that's exactly what this Japanese family got and it's fantastic.

In ancient mythology, Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter, is the Greek goddess of spring and awakening. But what happens when you take Persephone, who roams between the underworld and earth,...

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Euphemism alert!New Republic's new editor-in-chief, Gabriel Snyder, spoke at Wednesday night's National Press Foundation's annual awards dinner at the Washington Hilton -- a gathering of Beltway journalists and other ass...

D.C. Councilman Jack Evans and his wife of more than four years, interior designer Michele Seiver, have split, according to several people who know the couple.The couple, who married in 2010, broke up sometime in the fal...

My daughter Layla is an academic. She has applied to and is waiting to hear from several colleges at which point she will decide where she will go in the fall. (Don't ask me how that can be. I just birthed her a few minu...

  The Washington Post Magazine’s Date Lab has been setting up strangers for years. The matchmaking has resulted in four marriages, one engagement and one bathroom exit (that we know of). But more often than not, the d...

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Designers of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial appeared before the Commission of Fine Arts Thursday in the first of four presentations to hammer out details of lighting, landscaping and the selection of quotations in the...

Designers of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial appeared before the Commission of Fine Arts Thursday in the first of four presentations to hammer out details of lighting, landscaping and the selection of quotations in the...

Almost a decade has passed since I commissioned drawings of the Prophet Muhammad to run in Jyllands-Posten. But despite countless op-eds and even a book that laid out my motivation for publishing the drawings, confusion ...

Jacqueline's Bright & Airy West Village Studio Though small space living can mean certain sacrifices, living in a studio doesn't have to mean getting rid of everything you love. There are still ways you can marry studio ...

Opening on March 14, Museum of the Moving Image will host an exhibit dedicated to Mad Men's sets, costumes, and props. It will include a recreation of Don Draper's SC&P office and the Ossining kitchen. Creator Matthew We...

It took over an hour for the sound check. Now you've got a full house enraptured by your music. You're going full throttle, the audience is totally with you, and then-- No amplification. Nada. I present to you two perfor...

The Washington Post's three movie critics -- Ann Hornaday, Michael O'Sullivan and Stephanie Merry -- don't actually get to vote for the Oscars. But here's how they would if they could.Ann Hornaday, chief film critic

The Washington Post’s three movie critics — Ann Hornaday, Michael O’Sullivan and Stephanie Merry — don’t actually get to vote for the Oscars. But here’s how they would if they could. Ann Hornaday, chief film ...

  The Washington Post Magazine’s Date Lab has been setting up strangers for years. The matchmaking has resulted in four marriages, one engagement and one bathroom exit (that we know of). But more often than not, the d...

"Here is my unwanted guest list. The names slightly altered to prevent their stench from polluting my magic daiquiri, or even worse, stealing my favorite pony. A pony named Steve, his orange mane painted blue, blue like ...

“Here is my unwanted guest list. The names slightly altered to prevent their stench from polluting my magic daiquiri, or even worse, stealing my favorite pony. A pony named Steve, his orange mane painted blue, blue lik...

"Mad Men" has featured anachronistic music cues in the past, but creator Matthew Weiner often keeps the show's tracks accurate to era. "Although we take license for artistic purposes with the end-title music, we never wa...

We can't tell whether they are 100% sane but what we can assert is that they either make us roar with laughter or they make us see reality from a different perspective. Every image carries a surreal sense, double sense o...