Earlier this month, Ralph Nader—consumer advocate, five-time presidential candidate and serial organization founder—was in New York to speak on a panel titled "The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Ongoing Lessons for New York." Alongside former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and a gaggle of Nuclear Regulatory Commission bigwigs, Nader, now ... More

When it comes to preparing for highly publicized red carpet events, Hollywood starlets are notorious for juice cleansing, masochistic exercise routines and bizarre detox remedies. Christina Applegate couldn't care less about such painstaking preparation—or what people think about her, either, quite frankly. "I'm not going to lie to people ... More

Meghan McCain has never been a shrinking violet. The 28-year-old daughter of Arizona Senator and one-time Republican Presidential nominee John McCain has made a place for herself as a cable-news personality, writer and bodacious blonde embodiment of young blood in the fusty political spheres in which she travels. In recent weeks ... More

Lou Doillon is many things. She's an actress, a model, a singer. She's cultural royalty: Her father is French filmmaker Jacques Doillon, her mother is the actress and It-handbag inspiration Jane Birkin, her stepfather was the legendary French warbler Serge Gainsbourg, and she has a whole litter of glittering siblings. ... More

There isn't much Lily Rabe can say about American Horror Story: Coven, the third installment of the terrifying FX series premiering October 9. The 31-year-old actress, who's been on the show—which changes characters, settings and storylines every season—since its beginning plays Misty Day, a young witch whose special ... More

Cameron Mesirow’s first album as Glasser, 2010’s Ring, marked the debut of an exciting new musical talent. The modern-day lounge feel of Glasser won fans with songs that layered Mesirow’s thick, smooth voice over electronic tracks. Three years later, Mesirow is back with Interiors, a new ... More

Movie star-handsome musician Diego Garcia first got noticed in the rock band Elefant, but these days it's his solo work that's garnering all the attention. Garcia’s sophomore album, Paradise, out October 8, makes it easy to see why: The tropical-tinged love songs are the sort to climb into ... More

Big Fish has already lived two lives: The first as the 1998 novel by David Wallace and the second as the Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated 2003 film directed by Tim Burton. Beginning October 6, the charming, over-the-top tale of Will Bloom and his quest to figure out his ... More

In director Stacie Passon's Concussion, a wearied, frustrated woman—Robin Weigert's Abby—finds excitement in escaping her suburban life for afternoons as a Manhattan call girl. Weigert herself, in her real life as an actress, acknowledges the pleasure of trying on different personas: "Most of us don't get to live ... More

If laughter is the best medicine, Goldie Hawn's treated millions since first appearing on television in the 1960s. But as the actress, who's starred in films like Private Benjamin, Overboard and The First Wives Club, came to know, a person's well-being rides on more than just cracking jokes, especially when ... More