Graydon Carter, the longtime editor of Conde Nast’s culture magazine “Vanity Fair,” will be stepping down in December after 25 years at the helm, the publication said on Thursday. Carter, …
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Stephen King Joins Moviegoers for Special Screening of ‘It’
Movie fans attending a special screening of the movie It in Bangor, Maine, got a bonus: Author and local resident Stephen King joined them. King’s radio station, WKIT-FM, sponsored the …
your ads here!No Smartphones! Vintage Mobile Phone Museum Opens in Slovakia
As new smartphones hit the market month in month out, one Slovak technology buff is offering visitors to his vintage cellphone museum a trip down memory lane – to when …
your ads here!Kate Millett, Feminist Author of ‘Sexual Politics,’ Dies
Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling “Sexual Politics” was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, has died. She was 82. …
your ads here!Ex-pharma CEO Shkreli Selling One-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Album
Former pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli has put the only known copy of a Wu-Tang Clan album he bought for $2 million in 2015 up for sale on eBay. In the …
your ads here!Toronto Film Fest Lineup Will Generate Buzz, and Debates
Few institutions in cinema can match the teeming, overwhelming Toronto International Film Festival as a conversation-starting force. It simply has a lot of movies worth talking about. And this …
your ads here!‘Hunger Games’ Actor Donald Sutherland to Get Lifetime Oscar
Donald Sutherland, the star of “MASH,” “The Hunger Games” and more than 140 other movies, is to get a lifetime achievement Oscar, along with Belgian director Agnes Varda, Oscar organizers …
your ads here!Sphere Sculpture Has New Home Overlooking 9/11 Memorial
A bronze sphere damaged during the Sept. 11 attacks is now at its permanent home overlooking the rebuilt World Trade Center site. The 25-ton (23-metric ton) Koenig Sphere was …
your ads here!Zac Posen, The Comeback Kid, Featured in New Documentary
Boy wonder, tyrant, genius: Zac Posen has been called that and more. The fashion designer, at 36, has experienced more ups and downs than his years might indicate and …
your ads here!Real-life Indiana Jones Finds Ancient Religious Sites in Turkey
Hollywood’s famous archeologist Indiana Jones has nothing on Mark Fairchild. The film character and the religion professor both teach at a university in Indiana. Like Jones, Fairchild travels to far-off …
your ads here!Syria Fest Hits Washington Streets
Syria Fest debuted in Washington on Sept. 3, bringing to the nation’s capital an immersive outdoor cultural experience promoting Syrian food, music, art, dance, history and culture. …
your ads here!Philadelphia Project Seeks Public Reckoning with Monuments
By artist Sharon Hayes’ count, Philadelphia has more than 1,500 sculptures honoring male historic figures — heroes on horseback, visionaries with arms folded and eyes looking forward, the usual roundup …
your ads here!Amid War, Syria Hopes to Reach World Cup for First Time
In the midst of a long-running and ruinous war, millions of Syrians may finally have something to be joyful about. Syria’s national soccer team has a chance to qualify for …
your ads here!Lambert Leads Nominees for Country Music Awards
Miranda Lambert leads her peers with five Country Music Association nominations, followed closely by Little Big Town and Keith Urban with four each. Lambert was nominated Monday for song and …
your ads here!Steely Dan Co-founder, Guitarist, Walter Becker Dies at 67
A rock and roll fan with a penchant for harmony and obtuse references, Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the 1970s rock group Steely Dan, which sold more …
your ads here!John Ashbery, Celebrated and Challenging Poet, Dies at 90
John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90. …
your ads here!Grand Canyon Lives up to its Name
The Grand Canyon — one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World — is one of nature’s most stunning creations. Located in the southwestern state of Arizona, the majestic site …
your ads here!Coach: Serena Williams Gives Birth to Baby Girl
Serena Williams has given birth to a baby girl, the first child for the former world’s No. 1 tennis player, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou said via Twitter Friday. The 35-year-old …
your ads here!New York Musician’s Studio Dubbed ‘Little Pakistan’
American musician Eric Alabaster loves Pakistani food, culture, speaks Urdu, and plays “Desi” music. His music studio in Brooklyn, New York, is known as “Little Pakistan.” VOA Deewaa’s Samin Ahsan …
your ads here!Comedian Berman Dies at 92
Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances of everyday life, has died. He …
your ads here!Hogwarts School Off to Flying Start in New Digital Experience
Harry Potter’s magical world is coming alive like never before. Fans of the best-selling books and films can now fly through the boy wizard’s Hogwarts School and its quidditch pitch, …
your ads here!Wet and Wild in the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon — one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World — has inspired adventurers, poets and painters for hundreds of years. Whether looking down from its massive …
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