"For a long time, I resisted making any kind of album because I didn't know what my personal sound would be," Megan Hilty says. It's something the actress, a Broadway veteran and star of NBC's Smash, has obviously figured out. Hilty's debut album, It Happens ... More

Jessica Alba is temporarily depriving cinephiles of her films to take on a new role: author (her first book, The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You is now available for sale). The mother of two daughters, Honor and ... More

Whatever music you might hear over the next year, it most likely got discovered this week. That's because South by Southwest, the annual music (and tech and film) festival is raging in Austin, Texas and attracting some of the world's foremost creative—and critical—minds. It's a fact ... More

With names like, "Quiver," "Smitten" and "Ravenous," Tom Ford's ten new lip colors are unsurprisingly sensual – but what else would you expect from the former Gucci designer who, along with Carine Roitfeld, invented the "Porno Chic" aesthetic. Despite his ... More

In the daisy chain of glittering Caribbean islands known as the Grenadines, Bequia is something of a tropical wallflower. To its north lies Saint Vincent, a bustling resort destination where one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was filmed. To the south is Mustique, the orchidaceous getaway beloved by ... More

Talk about surprises. The Efendi Hotel is situated on an unmarked side street in the Old City of Akko—a 90-minute train ride from Tel Aviv—basically the last place you'd expect to stumble upon a five-star hotel and spa with more marble than most churches. And better wine, too. ... More

How old does a country have to be to have its own cuisine? For the nation of Israel, it looks like six decades or so was the magic number. As the country marks its 65th birthday, its serious foodie scene is accelerating. The micro-cuisine here melds Middle Eastern, Russian, Eastern ... More

In the daisy chain of glittering Caribbean islands known as the Grenadines, Bequia is something of a tropical wallflower. To its north lies Saint Vincent, a bustling resort destination where one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was filmed. To the south is Mustique, the orchidaceous getaway beloved by ... More

The season that makes all things new is upon us, and no spring awakening is complete without the compulsory refresher. For some, that means a head-first dive into spring cleaning, but why not relax to revitalize?  Click through our DuJour gallery for a few indulgent ideas on how to ... More

Nicola Vassell left Jamaica in 1996, but Jamaica never really left her. "You can't truly cut the cord that connects you to a place like Jamaica," says Vassell, a model-turned-gallerist. As a high schooler in Kingston, she'd been "discovered" by a model scout during a trip to the movies; by ... More