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Twenty-two years later, 15 of 16 stars from the Connells' ' '74-'75' video are still living Director Mark Pellington based it on the '7 Up' documentary series Three of the video's subjects are now disabled …

Pin it The day of family, friends, and good food to be thankful for is just around the corner. If you're hosting Thanksgiving this year and looking for a way to make your table extra-special without taking too much time ...

The day after a series of attacks in Paris killed more than 120, a man rolled up a piano outside the city's Bataclan theater and played John Lennon's "Imagine." CNN's Hala Gorani reported on it live from the scene Satur...

Amadeo Modigliani, Nu couché, 1917-18, oil on canvas, 23.62 x 36.25 in. Courtesy of Christie's. There's been some whispering lately about an inevitable leveling off of the art market, and it seems that day has come. Bes...

Today we learned of the death of Dick Horowitz at the age of 91. You perhaps never heard of him. If you went to the Metropolitan Opera or listened to its broadcasts any time from 1946 until two years ago, you definitely ...

Pin it Curious as to what the evening meal looked like a century ago? Mode put together 100 Years of Dinner to explore how we ate through the decades.

27 W 24th Street #700A, starting at $20/hr Pin it Pin it Have you heard of Breather? It's a concept so ingenious I'm shocked that no one thought of it before. Here's how it works: if you happen to be in NYC (or Boston, o...

It seems like everyone has a tattoo these days. Whether it is a small rose, a skull or a crucifix, people are marking their bodies in unprecedented numbers. While some may want to dismiss it as a merely a trend, tattoos ...

Pin it Name: Scott Livingston, Jerry Valentine and Spencer Location: Oak Park, Illinois Size: 3,000 square feet Years lived in: 8 years; Owned If you're at all familiar with Oak Park, it is probably because of its many F...

November 13 was World Kindness Day. Even doing one tiny act of kindness can change your world and the world around you. One of the greatest devotees of the power of kindness was the late Mother Teresa who won the 1979 No...

Pin it Justin and Madison's Character-Filled Collector Style in Boston Pin it How holiday ready is your home? With only a couple of weekends until Thanksgiving (and plenty of other holidays on their way after that), you ...

Kitchen Before Pin it Project by: Sabina Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania We moved into our house three years ago and it was love at first sight. We loved everything about it--except the fact that it was incredibly out...

For opera singers and journalists, 'there's always a critic' Considering tight deadlines, I'm amazed there aren't more errors In praise of colorful sportswriting …

"The Sea," a painting by the author of sculptor Daniel Chester French's symbolic sculpture at the heart of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.--a city modeled on Paris I've been a francophile to a certain degree as far bac...

A Great Big World's Chad King opened up about the experience of working on the pop-rock duo's new single, "Hold Each Other," which is a love song featuring lyrics performed by a man to another man.  Even though he's bee...

Once, in the John Hughes-imagined suburbs of Chicago, a young boy awoke in December to find out that he made his family disappear. If you can't picture that iconic line whispered in the voice of Macaulay Culkin circa 19...

Pin it This week at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Dutch bike company Vanmoof debuted the prototype for their smart bike, and announced their theft-proof guarantee: if the bike is stolen and they can't recover it ...

Pin it Marble & Wood Cheese Boards by Williams-Sonoma • $29.95 - $49.95 • Williams-Sonoma I think, as a general rule, any gifts that are cheese related are going to be a big hit. When you consider that these cheese b...

One of the things visual art offers is so fundamental, and so obvious, that it is often overlooked in discussion of the topic: it teaches us love of sight. A determined painter may spend years on twin studies - externall...

Singer-songwriter James Taylor performs classic fan favorites as well as songs from his new CD, "Before This World." …

Following a series of deadly terrorist attacks across Paris on Friday, U2 has announced that it will not go forward with a concert scheduled to air live on HBO Saturday night.The concert special, "U2: Innocence + Experie...

I've never been to the ballet, except for the time I was dragged to the Nutcracker, so I really didn't know what to expect when I attended Pacific Northwest Ballet's Emergence on the recommendation of a friend. Knowing a...