In her new Bravo series Odd Mom Out, Jill Kargman plays a woman who’s not entirely different from her real-life self. After all, Kargman is an Upper East Side mom, a successful writer and a familiar face on the New York social scene—and so is the TV Jill. ... 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

For those who think of death by gun, knife or rope when they hear the name James Patterson, the announcement that the thriller titan is creating his own imprint of children’s books at Little, Brown may seem a little incongruous. But for the thousands of industry players milling about in the ... More

Fans were distraught when Angela Darmody, the mobster’s wife Aleksa Palladino portrayed on Boardwalk Empire, met an untimely end in 2011. Lucky for them, the actress and musician has found a role on another of TV’s most compelling series and it appears to be just as meaty. When AMC beings airing the ... More

There are more than a few impressive components of Tomorrowland, the eye-popping new feature from filmmaker Brad Bird, including feats of inter-dimensional travel and some astonishingly advanced weaponry. Another notable aspect of the film is the presence of Matthew MacCaull, the 37-year-old, Canadian-born actor who plays the maniacally grinning ... More

"Yesterday John and I were looking at couples therapy and stuff,” announces supermodel Chrissy Teigen, popping an oily Italian olive into her mouth. She clarifies: “Not for us, I mean.” Teigen and her husband, the musician John Legend, are cuddled up at il Buco in downtown Manhattan. Over a ... More

If you have yet to book a luxury blowout with Vênsette, now’s the time to start. The brainchild of Lauren Remington Platt, the on-demand service—which also offers makeup—has revolutionized the beauty space in a big way since it was founded in 2011. With just a few taps, a professional ... More

From French-handbag boutiques to rarefied-chocolate stalls, few Manhattan neighborhoods are more up to-the-minute than Nolita. At first glance, standing across the street from the newly opened Helmut Lang outpost on Prince, writer Lyndsay Faye fits right in. Fishing through her handbag, she’s slender and bohemian chic, wearing RayBans and a ... More

Bessie Smith made her name in the 1920s by singing the blues and living them just as loudly. In a new HBO biopic, Queen Latifah—both star and executive producer—tackles Smith’s trailblazing career and tumultuous personal life with a confident performance she says has been more than two decades in the ... More