It’s not everyday that you get to relive your high school years, but that’s exactly what Ava Deluca-Verley, star of the upcoming NBC comedy Growing Up Fisher, is getting to do. In fact, the chance to play a teenager (she’s actually 24) is what attracted her to the ... More

Corporate sponsorship is the lifeblood of the Olympics, funding most of the training and facilities nowadays, but it’s rare that the sponsor, outside of writing a big check, can actually contribute towards athlete’s performance. BMW’s involvement with USA’s two-person men’s and women’s bobsled teams seems like prudent marketing—speed and handling ... More

New York-based Skaters won’t be releasing their debut album, Manhattan, until February 25, but the band’s spent the better part of a year touring to build buzz around it. “We’ve been to the U.K. seven times this year with only singles out,” singer Michael Cummings says.  “We’d play ... More

Marrakesh is known to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but starting this week, some of the most striking views in town will be indoors. Through March 3, La Mamounia—the 91-year-old hotel that’s still one of Morocco’s most sought-after hot spots—will be displaying a ... More

It’s no easy task to turn a man against his family, friends and country, but in Bethlehem, the debut film from director Yuval Adler (opening February 21) that’s precisely what happens. The film—Israel’s entry for this year’s Foreign Language Oscar—follows secret service agent Razi as he develops ... More

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When Sir Richard Branson first visited the 74-acre piece of land now known as Necker Island, it was completely uninhabited. He negotiated a purchase price of $180,000, transformed it into an über-luxe resort, and now, 36 years later, charges $62,000 per night to rent the 15-room property. The island, ... More

Borscht—or “Borshch” as it's more commonly spelled—is a popular soup in both Russian and Polish Cuisines. Typically served hot and cold, it’s an everyday soup based on red beets and a bevy of other vegetables available locally. Beets have a condensed sweet flavor, and the soup's other tangy ingredients compliment this—namely, ... More

First there was the book, and then there was the movie and now, 22 years after the story first made waves, The Bridges of Madison County has been given another life, this time as a Broadway musical. The story’s got all the trappings of a great on-stage love ... More

Sometimes the signs of a breakup are so obvious, it's painful: there's the unmade bed, the half-eaten cartons of Chinese takeout, the brooding Coldplay song on repeat. It's this last clue in particular that raised Joy Bryant's eyebrows when she walked in on a friend who's relationship was on the ... More