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“Pain slowly reappears when we try to escape from memory and oblivion. ‘Reincarnation’ does not seek to signify the emergence of an unprecedented phenomenon, but suggests a way of remembering the deceased and the s...

After effectively winning the hearts of many with Voices of Light, his oratorio written to accompany Carl Theodor Dryer's 1928 silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc", Richard Einhorn is writing a new composition more p...

The feminism of "Younger" is sneaky and sweet. Darren Star managed to cook a women's rights wake-up call into a feel-good rom-com, and then he hid it in TVLand's mid-season line-up.  The show, based on Pamela Redmond Sa...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — British character actor Aubrey Morris who is best known for his role as Mr. Deltoid in "A Clockwork Orange" has died.   His agent, Larry Corsa, confirmed that Morris passed away in Los Angeles on We...

When I started out as a singer/songwriter, the last thing I wanted to do was collaborate. I saw it as a sign of weakness, the inability to do it on your own. My musical heroes were all solo artists - people like Neil You...

Pin it Wednesday marked Amazon's 20th anniversary, and the debut of Prime Day, 24 hours of sales targeted toward Prime members. Despite some consumer complaints that the deals were a letdown, the company calls the event ...

Ever notice when you type a word on your smart phone, it suggests the next word? Both IOS and Android have built similar timesaving predictive features into their keyboards. An example: if I start with the word "How," my...

After managing to catch the final days of this exhibition, this is what I thought... Stepping through the double French doors of 3 Howard Street in New York's bustling Chinatown will immediately vitalize your day - visua...

I was a little girl, with a big vibrato, recording my first single in Newark, New Jersey. Okay, I confess: it was a demo. But still, there I was at Savoy Records, a label whose catalogue of R&B, jazz, and gospel artists ...

Toward the end of this year's "Rising Stars" performance at Manhattan's Town Hall--a national showcase for graduates of America's top musical theatre schools--impresario Scott Siegel reflected on the difficulties of star...

When Maggie Rose, a Potomac native who followed country music's yellow brick road to Nashville, adopted a stage name, cut her hair and tweaked her sound, it was less an act of reinvention than liberation.

What's it like to be a superhero who's the size of an ant? That's what "What to Watch" host Ricky Camilleri asked himself about Paul Rudd in "Ant-Man." Instead of merely daydreaming, Camilleri took it upon himself to ste...

In their description of the Ouija board on Amazon, Parker Brothers invites us to:  "Just ask it a question and wait to see what answer the Mystifying Oracle will reveal to you. Ouija ... it's only a game --- isn't it?" ...

  For such a tiny superhero, "Ant-Man" is a big movie. (Warning: Major "Ant-Man" spoilers!) The film introduces us to the Ant-Man backstory, connects perfectly into the current Marvel timeline and even ties up some loos...

Anthony & Gregory's 1912 Contemporary Craftsman Pin it I'm all for pale, creamy walls, but surely every home needs at least one room painted in a color that's deep, dramatic, and just a little bit dangerous? Here are 10 ...

Author Josh Friedand just wrote Eatymology, a dictionary of new words to describe the way we eat, drink, and think about food. How well do you know these five food vocab words? The post 6 Food Words You Haven’t Heard o...

Pin it Hulu is exploring an ad-free subscription level, the Wall Street Journal reports. The streaming service is looking to more closely compete with Netflix, which is ad-free*, and HBO Now, which only shows ads for its...

This year's Emmy nominations included surprises, wearyingly predictable nods, and a few glaring snubs, but one of the most striking things about the nominations had to do with age. Of the 18 leading actress nominees ac...

Melinda & Mark's Creatively Curated Eagle Rock Home Pin it Live with a mate? Thinking about moving in with your better half? Know that in life and in love, arguments are inevitable. In fact we'd bet that these six types ...

Amy Schumer's new movie "Trainwreck" lands in theaters this weekend, so she's in New York for all the requisite media stops: "Today" show, "Live! With Kelly and Michael," "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," "Late N...

Amy Schumer’s new movie “Trainwreck” lands in theaters this weekend, so she’s in New York for all the requisite media stops: “Today” show, “Live! With Kelly and Michael,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimm...

In the early days when I had just started translating and interpreting the works of the iconic the 13th Century Persian poet and philosopher Rumi, I became aware of what I thought then were strange similarities between R...