What some actors might find terrifying, Vincent Piazza considers thrilling. Take, for example, an opportunity to star in a huge summer movie, as a real person known for singing, dancing and playing guitar—three things Piazza had no experience doing. It would be enough to make a lesser performer panic, but ... More

What some actors might find terrifying, Vincent Piazza considers thrilling. Take, for example, an opportunity to star in a huge summer movie, as a real person known for singing, dancing and playing guitar—three things Piazza had no experience doing. It would be enough to make a lesser performer panic, but ... More

For the second season of Graceland, USA’s much-loved police drama, star Vanessa Ferlito chose to move in a different direction. Literally. “I decided to change it up a little bit,” said the actress, referring to her move from Fort Lauderdale (where the show shoots) to Miami. "It’s a little further ... More

Don’t be surprised if almost everyone you know seems to disappear for a stretch—say, 13 hours or so. After all, today's the day that the second season of Orange is the New Black, Netflix’s much binge-watched series about the hilarious and harrowing happenings at a Connecticut women’s ... More

The appeal of a romantic comedy isn’t lost on Jenny Slate. “When I have a hangover, it always makes me feel better to watch You’ve Got Mail,” the comedian and actress says. “But I also think that people of my generation are hungry for a change in social norms.” Enter More

At the upcoming Tony Awards, Beautiful, the Broadway musical based on the life and work of beloved songstress Carole King, is nominated for a whopping seven awards. And while only one of those awards—Best Book of a Musical—names the show’s writer, Douglas McGrath, all of them are a ... More

Linda Woolverton is no stranger to creating over-the-top characters; after all she is the screenwriter responsible for such enduring hits as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Her latest creation, however, is in a class of its own. Maleficent, of course, is best ... More

Although AMC’s Halt & Catch Fire takes place about 30 years ago, the series (premiering June 1) is about a world that’s almost unrecognizable. It was a time before smartphones, social media or even graphing calculators, when personal computers—the big, desk-bound kind that used oversized floppy disks—were about to ... More

It's a warm spring afternoon and light is shining through the glass roof in Isabel and Ruben Toledo's studio. The midtown space houses a pair of ceiling-high cactus plants—one was a gift from Woody Allen—standing guard outside the fashion designer's workroom, office, and ever-fluctuating archive. Lately, the sketches and designs ... More

Although the action in X-Men: Days of Future Past rockets across the globe, the film itself—which hits theaters May 23—was shot in relatively low-key Montreal. And that was just fine with the cast. “When I was 20 years old, I was playing rugby for Canada and we did a tour ... More