Every January, millions of Americans, as well as millions around the world, will come together in homes, bars, and clubs to celebrate what is called the ...

I hate reality TV. I think reality TV creators pander to the lowest common denominator so often that I'd rather sit and eat paste with kindergarten children than watch one ...

Opening Patty Griffin's newest album Mil Besos ("1000 Kisses") was like opening a book that I wanted to read in one sitting. And I did. I cued the CD player, wrestled the booklet from ...

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to Christmas, I am one big, wishy-washy mess. Christmas, to me, is what Disney World is to some other adults—a time and ...

"How will history remember you?" That is the question that Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline ) puts to the boys of St. Benedict's Prep School in his classics classroom. He asks himself ...

Tori Amos' new CD, Scarlet's Walk, may strike some as pretentious and overblown. It's a "sonic novel," complete with detailed maps and an interactive website , that follows the fictional Scarlet ...

Yes, it's official. Freddy's dead. That's what I said. This is the story of how I was painfully notified. I was planning to call my cousin Jim to wish him Happy Birthday. Rather than do something ...

Salma Hayek beautifully portrays the joys and anguish of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in Frida (Miramax). The film reveals the gutsy-ness, persistence, brilliance, and pain of one of Mexico's most renowned artists. A ...

Jack O'Lantern sat in the glow of Hell's ember, carving yet one more pumpkin in replacement of the rotting moldy one currently housing the Devil's coal. Having been rejected by Heaven and ...

If you think Halloween is just a bag of treats (and tricks, depending on who you hit up), you may want to think again. The real treat lies in the day's rich spiritual symbolism. The ...