Hagoita (battledores) are traditional Japanese wooden paddles used to play hanetsuki (hitting a feathered shuttlecock), a game similar to badminton. Both the game and the paddles have existed since at ...

The casting director opens up about the art of scouting non-actors and why her job feels like fulfilling destiny.

On a recent episode of NPR's Book of the Day podcast, Stefan Fastis, author of Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the ...

As a Latinx immigrant who went on their own long journey to claim the many gender terms that personally resonate with them — ...

I know that many people are going to look at me and say, ‘Why doesn't he stay in his lane and just be an actor?’” he says.

And who better to host than someone as experienced and versatile as Berk? “When John Cena asks you to host a show he’s created, you say ‘yes,'” said Berk with a laugh. The concept of the show also was ...

ChatGPT impressed me with its speed — none of the stock images looked like computer-generated garbage. However, Nano Banana Pro has the upper hand because it consistently generated more realistic ...

The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

With the year coming to an end, here are 10 comics that you can enjoy in the Holidays, ranging from familiar superheroes to new titles.

There’s a fortress standing in downtown Toledo that looks like it escaped from a storybook and decided Ohio was a pretty nice place to settle down. The Pythian Castle rises from the corner of ...

Lurleen Wallace died in 1968. That same year, Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow governors to serve ...

By embracing neutral palettes, thoughtful furniture placement, layered textures and smart lighting, you can transform a small ...