To the chagrin of many a viewer’s inner angsty teen, Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-ager Lady Bird, about a Sacramento 17-year-old's quest for acceptance by her mother and peers, left Sunday night’s Oscars empty-handed. While lauded for its universal message, you wouldn’t expect that the actor who played the film’s ... More

Ever since Donald Trump—a billionaire practically born with a white collar—won the presidency by appealing to “blue-collar” Americans, the once-profound symbolism of neckwear has been as muddied and contradictory as the Trump administration itself. And Trump’s strange tie to ties isn’t merely symbolic: first, there were the reports that More

If you watched the Academy Awards last night, you no doubt noticed a massive crystalline formation wreathing the stage; while there was no shortage of bling at the Oscars, the dazzling proscenium arch, a collaboration between Swarovski and decorated Broadway set designer Derek McLane, was the shiniest bauble in the ... More

Hollywood could be considered a kind of real-life Neverland in which half the population suffers from arrested development and wrinkles don’t exist. Celebrity photographer Matthew Rolston spent the first part of his 40-year career capturing that Neverland's most famous inhabitants—even befriending ultimate Neverland-ian Michael Jackson—and heightening them in stylized, high-gloss ... More

The days of purely fictional, flying object-like superheroes are gone. From inclusive casts like Black Panther’s to neurotic leads (Jessica Jones, future Marvel star Venom), the contemporary superhero genre depends as much on healthy doses of realism as it does on fantasy. And while the CW’s long-running ... More

Last night, the New Museum raised a glass to its new partnership with Ruinart champagne at a candlelit dinner in the museum’s penthouse space. With a theme of “Forever First,” the intimate evening marked the first in a series of dinners that will toast star pupils of New Inc., New ... More

If the modern class of Hollywood stars tends to be cautious and cynical, then Billy Magnussen is working against the tide. The ebullient and energetic star of the film Game Night, opening tomorrow, has built a career that, though relatively young, uniquely spans both genre and medium. He’s been on Broadway ... More

In today’s climate, "President’s Day" feels more like a reminder of the current administration’s untold calamities than a case for proud remembrance. And what better way to fill the void left by our dashed “Oprah 2020” dreams than to engage with art? After all, it was art – namely the ... More

Take a trip to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida to see what happens when pop-art meets the tropics. Between now and June 30, the 15-acre property will be presenting Warhol: Flowers in the Factory, a unique exhibit blending Andy Warhol's  bright, graphic creations with the natural ... More

For the last decade, celebrity photographer Tyler Shields has snapped his subjects with the access of an embedded photojournalist and the abandon of a Hollywood stuntman. In the pre-social media era of MySpace and flip-phones, Shields’s Southern charm and unfiltered eye attracted the likes of Lindsay ... More