Two years ago, Cassidy Gifford said goodbye to her home on the East Coast and headed to California to follow her dreams. And despite her name recognition—the 21-year-old stunner is the daughter of TV legend Kathie Lee Gifford and football great Frank Gifford—Gifford says she still had moments of uncertainty, ... More

The sultry sound of singer and songwriter Elizabeth Harper’s voice on Movies, her latest EP under the moniker Class Actress, pays homage to everything she learned growing up—not from her parents, not from her friends, but from film. Harper calls Movies the soundtrack to her life. “I started watching movies ... More

On the FX series Tyrant, the fictional nation of Abbudin is a fascinating place. Now in its second season, the show follows the ruling Al-Fayeed family—including Bassam, a son who sought asylum in the U.S., and Jamal, his dictator brother—as its members horde and lose power and fight against ... More

In the pilot episode of Complications, the new series on USA, ER doctor John Ellison has what could generously be described as a rotten day. After happening upon a drive-by shooting, Ellison saves the life of a young boy only to find himself the next target of a gang ... More

French photographer Brigitte Lacombe has teamed up with Phillips Auction House in New York to release a selling exhibition of photographs, Brigitte Lacombe: Complicities, for the first time in her storied 40-year career. The portraits (available in both black-and-white and color) capture intimate moments in the lives of Hollywood’s elite ... More

As Lorna Morello on Orange is the New Black, Australian-born actress Yael Stone provides more than her share of the series’ heart—not to mention a spot-on New York accent. Now that the Netflix series is entering its third season, Stone has seen Morello change and develop as the ... More

Her father might be Bono, but Eve Hewson isn’t your typical celebrity progeny: She grew up far from Hollywood, wore a uniform to school every day and had to beg her parents for her very first Chanel bag—and she didn’t actually succeed until her 19th birthday.  Which was fine: ... More

Vera Brittain’s 1933 book Testament of Youth, which charts her experiences as a young woman at Oxford (when that wasn’t a common thing) and her life as a nurse during World War One has become something of a classic. These days, it’s required reading for any number of school ... More

You’ve got to hand it to Ben Lee: he is sticking to the beat of his own drum. To his credit, it’s been a catchy beat for some 20 years now. The world took official notice back in 2005 when, reeling from a breakup with Claire Danes, he released the ... More