Kaya Scodelario might be the world’s finest surly teenager. From her star-making turn as beguiling bad girl Effy Stonem the British series Skins to her latest role as the title character in the twisted thriller The Truth About Emanuel (out January 10), the English actress takes on troubled teens ... More

When Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno first debuted on the Sundance Channel in 2008, it was, to say the least, an unexpected bit of programming. The star of Blue Velvet and former face of Lancôme dressed up as various insects and fish, acting out their strange reproductive rituals? It was startling, ... More

When Killer Women—a promising new series about a Texas Ranger and the female criminals she encounters—premieres January 7 on ABC, some viewers will be seeing Marta Milans, the Spanish-born actress playing Becca Parker, for the very first time. Other viewers, however, will know her from Whole Foods. While the ... More

Most actresses would like to be able to walk through a restaurant without getting hit on by a waiter. And then there’s Evangeline Lilly. Last week Lilly arrived in Manhattan to promote The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and while at a midtown steakhouse, the waiter in question stopped her ... More

Every family has its issues. That’s especially true for the Westons, the family at the center of August: Osage County, director John Wells’ adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, out Christmas Day (nationwide January 10). The clan, helmed by malicious matriarch Violet (Meryl Streep), has gathered at its Oklahoma homestead ... More

Bérénice Bejo was ready to roll. For two months, she'd been rehearsing to star as Marie—a Frenchwoman juggling an estranged Iranian husband, a younger new boyfriend (with a comatose wife) and children from different relationships—in The Past, the new film from Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). And ... More

It’s considered bad luck to so much as utter the word Macbeth inside a theater, but the Lincoln Center Theater production of the Shakespeare favorite, currently on Broadway, is nothing if not blessed. Not only does the tale of power and corruption feature an inimitable Ethan ... More

Historically, New World wines—particularly those produced in the U.S.—have struggled to achieve the same prestige as their Old World counterparts. Wines from California are characteristically written off as being too oaky, overly alcoholic and overpriced; East Coast wines are often considered too jammy, sweet and unsophisticated. But now a handful ... More

As two of the most successful and recognizable athletes in the world, top-ranked Serbian tennis phenom Novak Djokovic and Australian golf champion Adam Scott aren’t unfamiliar with fans analyzing their every move. During this year’s U.S. Open, 11.7 million viewers watched the 26-year-old Djokovic compete for the championship trophy, and ... More

Stephen Sondheim’s big break came in 1957, when he collaborated with Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents on West Side Story. Since then, the composer and lyricist has gone on to win a Pulitzer, an Oscar, eight Grammies and more Tony Awards than any other composer. On December 9, HBO will take ... More