Before he took up acting, Ben Lloyd-Hughes wanted to be a barrister. “I like standing up for the little man,” the 25-year-old British actor says, “and trying to fight for the truth.” It was only after he discovered practicing law wasn’t what he expected—“maybe what I was attracted to was ... More

In Stage Kiss, the new show from playwright Sarah Ruhl—now playing at Playwright’s Horizons in New York—an actress is unexpectedly reunited with an old flame when they’re cast as, well, old flames and forced to lock lips repeatedly during a tumultuous run in New Haven. It’s the kind ... More

“If you walk outside your office for three blocks, you’ll pass at least 70 Vikings.” That was the pitch that award-winning writer Michael Hirst made to the History Channel—and it worked. Executives took the chance that a dramatic series on the lives of people who fought and loved more than ... More

It’s no easy task to turn a man against his family, friends and country, but in Bethlehem, the debut film from director Yuval Adler (opening February 21) that’s precisely what happens. The film—Israel’s entry for this year’s Foreign Language Oscar—follows secret service agent Razi as he develops ... More

First there was the book, and then there was the movie and now, 22 years after the story first made waves, The Bridges of Madison County has been given another life, this time as a Broadway musical. The story’s got all the trappings of a great on-stage love ... More

While director Sean Hartofilis’ Beach Pillows did most of its filming on Long Island—where this photo was shot—plenty of off-camera antics took place at a small apartment in Manhattan’s East Village. “Vincent Kartheiser and I ended up living together in a small apartment in the East Village,” Geoffrey Arend, the ... More

The same woman who opened up Surf Lodge, East End's favorite summer watering hole, is taking to the slopes with a new hotel venture in Park City, Utah. And just in time for the influx of out-of-towners, Jayma Cardoso is playing host to quite a few of Sundance's hottest star-studded ... More

Kenneth Branagh might have gotten his start as a player in the Royal Shakespeare Company, but these days the Academy Award-nominated actor, director and Knight of the British Empire is working on something a little less classical. His latest film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, opens January 17, making ... More

Every rose has its thorn, and when it comes to Flowers In The Attic—the latest adaptation of the V.C. Andrews classic airing January 18 on Lifetime—Heather Graham is just that. As Corinne, the mother of four who moves in with her own nightmare mama (a menacing Ellen Burstyn) ... More

There’s nothing average about Carrie Hopewell, the mobster’s daughter and exceedingly dangerous safecracker masquerading as an everyday mom—albeit one about to serve out a jail sentence—on Cinemax’s addictive series Banshee. Surprises are also de rigueur for Ivana Milicevic, the actress who plays Hopewell. The Sarajevo-born, Michigan-raised Milicevic—whose Banshee character ... More