Hanging loose isn't exactly the picture of luxury, but lately, with VIPs like Gisele and Justin Timberlake shredding it around the world, surfing has hit a wave of popularity with affluent athletes and travelers. And one man, Australian surf coach Ross Phillips, is at the forefront of the sport's ... More

It's lunch hour at a chic brasserie in Beverly Hills—the kind of place where Botoxed women in spandex share salads and businessmen hover over laptops and steak frites. Michael Sheen and I are discussing female orgasms and dildos. Of course, the topic might seem inappropriate under ordinary circumstances, but given ... More

David Sedaris has one of the most distinctive voices in literature, so when the time came to make a film based on his work, it was important to find the right actor for the part. Luckily, when director Kyle Alvarez set about making C.O.G.—his adaptation of a ... More

We're used to tabloid headlines making their way onto TV but less frequently does Hollywood scandal enter the proscenium stage—especially in an opera. That's exactly what's happening when Anna Nicole, an operatic account of the life and times of model, actress and cautionary tale Anna Nicole Smith, has its More

The fact that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decreed September 4 to be Elie Tahari Day at the brand's Midtown pop-up shop last week gives the designer good reason to celebrate. The road to success for Tahari is a classic story of hard work and gumption: In 1971, he was ... More

From an obsessive mother in Mildred Pierce to a child's sexual ambiguity in Kathleen Winters' Annabel, the stories that influenced the songs on Tales of Us, the new album from beloved British electro-pop duo Goldfrapp, are anything but predictable—but anyone who's followed the music of Alison Goldfrapp and ... More

"I got Salinger." It's what Newsweek photographer Michael McDermott told the newsroom after capturing J.D. Salinger on a two-day stakeout at the famously reclusive author's mailbox in the '70s. And it's what director Shane Salerno is telling Hollywood now. On September 6th, his bio-documentary Salinger hits theaters in tandem with More

The French Consul General was looking over the guest list for his consulate's Christian Dior show when he spotted a familiar name. It was the late 1950s and the diplomat was a denizen of Fifth Avenue, with its uniformed chauffeurs, white gloves and American aristocrats. He recognized the name not ... More

From the Williams sisters’ razor sharp neon nails to Maria Sharipova’s designer on-court ensembles and Rafael Nadal’s mop top, there’s no denying that professional tennis has turned into a bit of a vanity sport. The players have got spunk, that’s for sure, and if anyone saw this phenomenon ... More

It's hard to know what's happening behind New York's closed doors. Unless, that is, you're the one with the keys. Such is the case for Celia Cassill, a recently widowed Brooklyn landlord who's exceedingly picky about the tenants in her building. In Amy Grace Loyd's debut novel, The Affairs ... More