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The actress's nuanced ambivalence.

A débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting Lang--who died at thirty-two--wrote some of the most aching, entrancing poetry of the twentieth century.

The delights of fall.

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we go--and what might we find?

He was a spy, a crusader, an obsessive advocate for neglected people and places--yet his work was shaped, too, by an inner crisis.

The actor and singer discusses the origins of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

While serving time for murder, Joe Garcia heard Taylor Swift's music and thought of the woman he loved. Last year, they were reunited.

Chateau Royale, from the team behind Libertine, pulls out all of the Gallic stops without, for the most part, feeling ostentatious or conceited.

When your quirky book becomes a quirkier movie.

The photographer presents the Black woman as an icon of withholding.