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Australia, which has accepted thousands of migrants from Afghanistan in recent years, is pressing ahead with a controversial plan to use a movie to persuade others from seeking refuge. Australia’s Immigration Departme...

SUNDAY (Family) Mark family day with a feast of orange-glazed pork loin (see recipe). Buy mashed sweet potatoes (refrigerated) to go alongside. Delicious frosted cauliflower will convert any non-vegetable eater. …

Akon is making good on his lifelong goal of leveraging his celebrity to give back to Africa by resolving the continent’s energy crisis. Last Summer, the Senegalese-American singer -- in partnership with political activ...

This art is so gorgeous, it'll have you drooling.  Lauren Purnell, a 23-year-old based in London, has been taking leftover food scraps and turning them into creations she calls "Culinary Canvases." Purnell started makin...

Back when I began my career, Broadway shows tried out in a handful of cities. That was pretty much it. When Urban Cowboy, which had played only Florida's Coconut Grove Playhouse, was announced for Broadway, none of us co...

Two Triangle bars, Bar Lusconi and Peccadillo, will close April 9, according to owner Timothy Neill. …

When it comes to his shows, Jack Johnson is something of a diva. Before agreeing to play somewhere, his team hands the venue a detailed rider -- a list of demands that need to be met for him to play the show. But while m...

Pin it Name: Casey & Savannah Location: Nashville, Tennessee We are Casey and Savannah, best friends, business partners, roommates and Airbnb hosts. Our home was purchased by Casey's parents and we rent it from them. It ...

After months of seeing his mother in pain and holding her hand when she died, Sean Astin turned his mourning over Patty Duke's death Tuesday into a bit of celebration after he saw the flood of tributes in her honor. …

Pin it Ever try to catch a few zzzs at the airport during a delay? Those chairs just don't cut it. That could all change with Sleepbox, a startup that's created individual nap pods that can be installed anywhere you migh...

“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her... wherever," Donald Trump said in August 2015, referring to Fox News' Megyn Kelly after the two had a heated back-and-forth during a GOP ...

There are home items you're going to replace every so often, and then there are home items you're going to keep FOREVER.  Some of the best items to invest in have a dual purpose, like a handy tray for both serving and o...

Actress Patty Duke died on Tuesday at age 69, and will be remembered for her many Hollywood achievements, from her Oscar-winning turn at age 16 in "The Miracle Worker" to "The Patty Duke Show" on ABC. But Duke also carri...

Thursday, March 31 will mark the 21st anniversary of Selena Quintanilla's tragic death in 1995. At just 23, the Tejano singer built an astoundingly impressive career. She won "Best Female Vocalist" at the Tejano Music Aw...

Welcome back to Doin' Work: Flash Interviews With Contemporary Photographers. This is a place for me to celebrate the photographers who inspire me, and to present to you an easily digestible bite of their personality. Th...

Revolutionary activist Angela Davis is not impressed with the current roster of candidates running for president.  Davis -- whose work has always taken a critical look at issues of race, gender, prisons and politics -- ...

Motti Lerner's new play, "After the War," explores the depths of alienation in an Israeli family irrevocably divided by the country's near-perpetual state of war. But if the vague and unsettled feeling it leaves you with...

"The Path" is a slow but steady new drama from Hulu about a family in Upstate New York that is deeply enmeshed in a self-help movement called the Meyerists, a commune with all the telltale signs of being a scary cult. Bu...

Years before the civil war, and before the Islamic State militants declared their so-called caliphate, an American punk drummer from Washington, D.C. was overcome with a wild and urgent impulse to visit Syria.  Jason Ha...

Even as I attempt to eat less red meat, I still crave steak. Its virtues suit our lifestyles. Steak cooks quickly, is easy to transport to a picnic and tastes …

Anthony Mendez has said he enjoys the partial anonymity that comes with being the faceless voice of The CW’s “Jane The Virgin,” but he wasn't afraid to get very personal in a new passion project.  The Emmy-nomina...

The photograph of Air Force One gliding over Cuba’s capital, the blue paint of its body matching the blue vintage cars on the decaying Havana street, has gone viral, becoming an icon for President Barack Obama’s hist...