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The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.
The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities are expected to receive their highest levels of funding in 16 years from a bill President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law by this weekend.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Saturday doled out presidential M&Ms and dried fruit mixes to more than 2,000 trick-or-treaters, marking their Halloween at a White House event partly aimed at honoring military families.
How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the nation's biggest brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.
- Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis had surgery on Tuesday to repair his broken right thumb after fighting with a childhood friend while riding in an SUV less than two days before the season opener.
There are still 10 couples left on “Dancing With the Stars,” but Tom Bergeron promised at the beginning that we are, indeed, halfway through the season with Monday’s Argentine tango and paso doble performances.
The spotlight is on Dallas as it opens its $354 million performing arts center, unveiling a new opera house and theater designed by architectural stars with the idea of making the arts more accessible.
Pamina Brassey was so nervous before the photo shoot that she made sure she had a little bit of wine on hand, just in case she needed it.
Sony launches its new handheld game gadget today. The smartly-designed PSPgo is a great gaming machine, but will its price and digital-only format drive consumers away?
Those beautiful, wacky and sometimes scary nighttime scenarios have powerful magic: They can help you conquer fears, resolve issues and show off your wild side. So tuck in, dream on — and write down your nocturnal adventures.
This remake makes you long for the complex characters of “High School Musical.”
White House officials told agencies across the government Tuesday they should take care to avoid even the appearance that politics played a part in the award of federal grants.
A message to anyone near a live microphone at this Sunday's Emmys: Don't say or do something you'll be embarrassed by later.
Greed, hubris, vast fortunes erased at a stroke — the financial crisis is dramatic gold dust for writers.
If you can’t get free admission to a museum, a park, or some sort of walking tour, music performance or a national park on Saturday, Sept. 26, then you’re just not trying.
As the baseball season grinds toward the World Series and another football season rears its helmeted head, a man's thoughts turn to fashion.
Sure, the West Wing gets the glory. But the East Room gets the action.
Donny Osmond, Aaron Carter, and Mya seem to have the right experience, but this show can be anybody's game. Well, not you, Tom Delay.
Since the economic downturn began, fashion designers have brought us plenty of hard-edged looks: rock-star leather, gladiator shoes, '80s-style shoulder pads.
Ladies, start your crunches: Bare bellies are back at New York Fashion Week.
New York stores were jammed Thursday for Fashion's Night Out, where shoppers rubbed elbows with celebrities — sometimes quite literally.
Ventre: How is boxing doing? And is it being threatened by the bloodletting from MMA?
Tim Gunn is taking his fight against fashion crimes from the workrooms of "Project Runway" to the pages of a comic book. And, wow, does he get to wear a power suit.
Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game "World of Warcraft." As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.
Sigg bottles are leaving Katy Farber with a bitter taste.
So November is well and truly here. Late fall in southern Ohio sees the trees go bare pretty quickly, but this year conditions were nearly perfect for some stunning fall color. It seemed like it came and went so fast that if you blinked, you missed it.
As dawn arrives while birds are singing,the human race is waking up. Coffee pots percolate while children laugh and cry to sounds of TV. The sun shines through the window with cool air warming. What will I wear today? Long sleeve or short sleeve? Pants or shorts? The news ech …
Christmas on a Showstring Budget | SocybertyWith budgets being so tight, there are simple things a person can do to still have a Christmas. Many of us are barely squeaking by from paycheck to paycheck, the children don't really understand why things are the way they are.
Orders are here, it is time to go. My counterpart wants to come home. Someone must take their place, it is me. Reporting for deployment is familiar, Something is different in the air, The alarm going off in my head must be a projection. We are safe here, still upon friendly …
Akeda The binding of Issac illustration by Phillip RatnerThis illustration is courtesy of International Artist Phillip Ratner. This is one of a series that Israel Seen has been fortunate to receive from the artist for exclusive internet use. This is one of the major moments in this weeks Torah, Bible reading.
It's the yellow and purple, the blue and orange, the Red Sox nation, Damn Yankees and fantasy first fives Jessica, so we must be having a good time at the Lodge, here where you're whispering to Cam about something you'd never whisper to me about, but I don't mind, the communal cr …
Filmmaker admits intimidation by IslamThe maker of the upcoming apocalyptic film "2012" has conceded he enjoyed orchestrating the visual disintegration of the world's religious symbols, such as the Vatican and the famous statue of Jesus overlooking Rio de Janeiro.
Now we see what the fuss was about at Brandeis�s Rose Art museum - The Boston GlobePlease keep it open. It is one of the best museums
Sammy, the Painting DogStadelbacher has taught many of her dogs to paint, but Sammy was a real natural. "Far in advance of the first session, each dog had to know many commands -- to grab onto something, to hold onto another location, and to 'go paint,'" says Stadelbacher.
New singer * MFVF * Studio news - Coronatus's MySpace Blog |Coronatus has a new lead singer. This German Band is starting to be a serious contender. There are major Concerts coming up.
Contest: AN ALTAR IN THE WORLD by Barbara Brown TaylorShare your endorsement for acclaimed writer and theologian, Barbara Brown Taylor author of An Altar in the World and Leaving Church. Submit your thoughts for a chance to win a copy of Altar in the World and more.
Great Fly Tying Innovator DiesRussell Blessing, the inventor of the Wooly Bugger, dies recently at his home in Pennsylvania. Blessing added a marabou tail to a Wooly Worm fly in 1967 to imitate a Hellgrammite, the nymphal stage of a Dobson Fly.
Trying to add a photo, but don't know how to add a photo here of the art work on cardboard like material. Wild animals of Africa.
2009 Kentucky Book Fair to Feature Hundreds of Writers"Former U.S. Sen. George McGovern, New York Times reporter Dana Canedy and best-selling author Ann B. Ross will be among nearly 200 writers participating in the 28th annual Kentucky Book Fair on Saturday, Nov. 7."
Graffiti Sites: Train, Wall, Street & Subway PhotosSince the first spray paint tags appeared in Philadelphia and NYC in the 1970s, graffiti has spread all around the world. From simple tags to complex pieces, some form of graffiti is present in just about every city on the planet.
If a wave gets you, there is still a chance to get to safety. Up and over is probably no longer an option. Most likely, it will pick you up and slam you down; then shake you up like a pea that's fallen into a pot of boiling water. Don't even think of trying to breathe.
NaBloWriMo is nearly upon usNovember is nearly here, and with it the beginning of National Blog Writing Month. Our intrepid band of lunatics will sally forth into the blogosphere, writing, sharing, reading, photographing, and commenting their way through the month. The challenge - 30 posts in 30 days.
You Are Already Your BrandEntrepreneur Magazine's article hits a home-run when it comes to the new music business, or any business. It's not a matter of creating a good facade, it's about who you are as a person and the choices you make.
Google Music SearchGoogle is on the right track with search engine for ALL music. Thanks to this daily newsletter on Hypebot I can see the latest envisioneering in the rapidly changing music business. Google's idea seems like a game changer to me.
Joan McAlpine: STV must not go the same way as Central - Times OnlineGood article on past and futures of independent tv in Scotland
Dreamstime stock photos at PixmacThe world will not be the same again. Pixmac brings two big microstock players to one place. Imagine one place for almost any picture. You'll get simple and fast user interface and you know what? You'll get a fair price. And that's not all...
Twitter Users Most Followed by the Web 2.0 Summit CrowdI took the set of users who posted tweets containing the hashtag #w2s and determined who those users followed. Unlike the list of the most followed users in all of Twitter, the list isn't dominated by celebrities.
North-east Scottish stone circles feature in Westhill photog exhibitionANCIENT stone monuments around the Aberdeenshire countryside are the focus of a new photography exhibition. Dramatic black and white images depicting some of the region's stone circles have gone on display at Westhill.
Lou Jacobi, Critically Acclaimed Actor of Film and Stage, Dies at 95 "As you make your way through life, sometimes you happen upon people who know how to be happy," the film critic Roger Ebert wrote in The Chicago Sun-Times in 1999. He was interviewing Mr. Jacobi on the occasion of the dedication of his star on Canada's Walk of Fame.
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