For most working men today, even those in show business, getting ready for work does not include putting on a corset, a bum roll, a petticoat skirt and a bodice, followed by cross-gartered silk stockings. Read more...

If a pair of aging bands from across the Atlantic are any indication, rock ‘n’ roll will never die. U2 and the Rolling Stones swept into the greater Los Angeles area last week, with U2 performing at Staples Center on Nov. Read more...

From Méliès to Truffaut to Renoir, French film has traditionally set the standard for high-class, innovative world cinema. Some would place Bertrand Tavernier in that tradition. Read more...

What a harsh few weeks this has been. First, my beloved Houston Astros, in the most offensively inept performance I’ve ever seen, treated home plate as though it were covered with bird flu during the World Series. Read more...

There are some bands who can do no wrong. Until recently, it appeared that Toronto collective Broken Social Scene was one of them. The band started as a side project, releasing the ambient “Feel Good Lost” in 2001 and became a musical force to be reckoned with the masterful “You Forgot It In People” in 2002. Read more...

TV show parties on Thursday nights are so 1990s. A decade ago people had to make sure they didn’t miss their favorite show when it came on TV so that they wouldn’t be left out of conversations discussing what the characters said or did, or be confused during the next week’s episode. Read more...

Tradition suggests that on a first wedding anniversary a couple should celebrate with the exchange of paper goods. But World Arts and Cultures master’s candidate Nehara Kalev and spouse C. Read more...