First Families may come and go, but one model American lineage—unencumbered by term limits yet still subject to the fickle tastes of the viewing electorate, to be sure—has our enduring allegiance. Forget political dynasties: The Kardashian-Jenners of Calabasas, California are positively Hapsburgian in their conquest of the provinces of television, ... More

The indie-pop band, Fitz and The Tantrums made their debut back in 2010 with the breakout hit, “MoneyGrabber." Since then, they’ve released bangers such as “The Walker,” “Out of My League” and most recently, “Hand Clap." “I think people know that they are coming to our shows to have a celebration,” ... More

Heartbreak is the language that Michelle Williams speaks most fluently. Sometimes she speaks it by way of silence, as she did in Brokeback Mountain, her breakout performance as the long-suffering wife of Heath Ledger’s (immortalized) gay cowboy. Sometimes she screams it, like she did in Blue Valentine, as she and ... More

“Thank you so much for being so patient. I’m sorry this took so much time to schedule.” Before I can even introduce myself to Jake Gyllenhaal, he is apologizing to me. It’s a blustery Saturday afternoon in October and we are in a room deep in the bowels of the ... More

Wendi McLendon-Covey’s role in the Larry Charles-directed film Army of One brings new meaning to the term “supporting actress.” Her character, Marci Mitchell, stands by her boyfriend through his ridiculous—but kind of endearing—quest to find and capture Osama bin Laden. Portrayed convincingly by Nicolas Cage, Faulkner is a real ... More

Dining at Addison Restaurant includes service on fine china, impeccable attention to detail, a Wine Spectator Grand Award-winning wine list and painstakingly crafted food. These components are not typically associated with the laid back Southern California beach town of Del Mar, just north of San Diego. But this ... More

Shooter, based on the Stephen Hunter novel Point of Impact and the 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg, has been turned into USA’s newest drama series. This time, Ryan Phillippe stars as Bob Lee Swagger, a former U.S. Marines marksman drawn out of self-imposed exile when he learns of a plot to assassinate ... More

Actor Ashton Sanders had a low-key 21st birthday with cupcakes and a “snippet” of a celebration, but to him, that’s more than enough. The real present was landing the role of a lifetime as Moonlight’s Chiron. The film highlights the character’s life in three stages, Sanders playing the middle stage ... More

A man named Seymour Levov—known as “the Swede”—meets a young woman at a hotel who purportedly knows the whereabouts of his missing daughter. Once in the room, the woman, Rita Cohen, berates the Swede for his shortcomings as a father, a businessman, a human being, then lays down on the ... More

As Lily Collins slinks back into a deep brown leather sofa after the photo shoot she just completed, a beam of light catches a speck of glitter that remains in her eyelashes, creating an illusion of glamorous tears about to stream down her dewy cheeks. But if there’s any young ... More