Arts

Her grandfather founded the outfitting giant L.L. Bean, whose gear has become synonymous with a woodsy lifestyle. She became a force in lobstering and tourism with companies of her own, and a...

Her grandfather founded the outfitting giant L.L. Bean, whose gear has become synonymous with a woodsy lifestyle. She became a force in lobstering and tourism with companies of her own, and a...

Paula Abdul filed a lawsuit on Friday against Nigel Lythgoe, a former longtime producer of “American Idol,” accusing him of sexually assaulting her when she was a judge on the reality show...

Tom Wilkinson, the actor who could turn a manic lawyer, a steel-foreman-turned-stripper and parts small and large into mesmerizing turns, winning Oscar nominations and plaudits for his performances in movies like “Michael...

Last year during the holiday sales rush, Beth Seufer Buss started getting an unusual request from customers at Bookmarks, the independent bookstore where she works in Winston-Salem, N. C.“It was always, ‘Do...

Mike Nussbaum, an actor known as the dean of Chicago theater who found success during his early association with the Chicago-born playwright David Mamet, died on Dec. 23 at his home in...

Bobby Rivers, an affable and playful television host, entertainment reporter and film critic, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis. He was 70.The cause was complications of cancer, said his brother, Tony. He died...

Hanna Eshel waited more than 40 years for a stroke of luck in her art career.The pivotal event, when it finally arrived, was not a gallerist seeing the appeal of her work...

On a 60-degree Saturday in December — no longer unseasonably warm in Manhattan by today’s climate standards — hordes of holiday shoppers flooded the luxury shopping center that is SoHo. On a...

“A wild pet for the supercultivated,” as T.S. Eliot called him, is only half the story of William Blake (1757-1827), a poet who is more famous for his influence on certain moderns...