After graduating from high school more than 40 years ago, Joseph Sentef decided that college could wait. Sentef was an accomplished chess player, a U.S. master, and he wanted to play professionally. He was doing OK, as he recalls, until “my mother told me basically to stop playing games and go get ... More

Dozens of shows have tried and failed to accurately portray New York’s aura on screen, but that’s not the case with TNT’s mob drama Public Morals. The series—executive produced by Steven Spielberg and created, written and directed by Edward Burns, who also stars as a cop—is set in gritty, ... More

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It’s rare to be a famous ballerina. Yes, some are well known in certain cultured circles and their talent is appropriately praised, but to be a household name is very unusual. Luckily, Misty Copeland made that leap—no pun intended. She is dancing on billboards for Under Armour, gracing the pages ... More

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Sitting on a makeup chair in his dressing room at ABC’s studios on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Michael Strahan suddenly bursts into song.  “Out in the West Texas town of El Paso! I fell in love with a Mexican girl!” Strahan—who just minutes before wrapped an episode of Live! with Kelly ... More

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“Time is everything, man,” says Tom Brady. “Time is so precious to all of us.” The star quarterback is standing in a back stairwell at a film studio-cum-event space in Tribeca. “I’ve always been a fan of watches,” he adds after being ushered into the neon-lit egress by a team of ... More

Vampires might never age, but TV shows about vampires can often have an expiration date. It’s impressive then that after seven years on the air, The Vampire Diaries has remained exciting and, of course, popular. Here, Candice Accola King, a show veteran who this season is becoming the series’ ... More

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