'A Little Chaos': A right-on woman landscaping Versailles
Actor Alan Rickman helms A Little Chaos, his second film as a director, with Kate Winslet as a royal landscaper helping to design the vast gardens of Versailles in the court of King Louis XIV (played...
View Article'Fresh Dressed' a vibrant look at hip-hop fashion
From slave-era influences to today's runways, Fresh Dressed explores the intertwined art forms of hip hop and fashion, and how the rise of a music genre simultaneously shined a light on the clothes of...
View Article'Slow West': A Scottish wanderer in the wilderness
John Maclean's directorial debut, Slow West, is breathtakingly gorgeous. As its title suggests, the film takes place on the frontier, specifically in 19th-century Colorado. Maclean, a founder of the...
View ArticleShore Guide: DJs hit the shore
Atlantic City is the new home of the BeachGlow Festival. On June 27, the fourth annual EDM fest will debut in A.C. after previously taking place in Wildwood. "Atlantic City welcomed us with open arms,"...
View ArticleLetterman helped woman grieve after her mother's death
Jamie-Lee Josselyn has one heck of a story to tell at parties: You know, the one about the time David Letterman adopted her. But Josselyn's story is about more than a brush with late-night fame. It's...
View Article'Pitch Perfect 2': Sequel hits the crowd-pleasing notes
Sequels have a bad habit of taking what made their predecessors popular and augmenting those aspects to the point where they just aren't fun anymore. As in thin supporting characters becoming major...
View ArticlePhilly Roller Girls: How to Roller Skate As An Adult
Ice skating is so last season. The Delaware River Waterfront Corp. (DRWC) will reopen its summer festivities Friday, such as Spruce Street Harbor Park, the massively popular outdoor space that helped...
View ArticleMan fatally stabbed at Bensalem apartment complex
A man was stabbed to death Sunday night outside of an apartment complex in Bensalem, Bucks County, police said.The stabbing was reported shortly after 7 p.m. at the Salem Crossing apartments in the...
View ArticleSoul acquires o-lineman from New Orleans
The Soul have acquired offensive lineman Daverin Geralds from New Orleans for defensive lineman Caleb Bostic. Geralds, 27, can play center, guard and fullback. He played collegiately at Mississippi....
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A New Jersey court can correct the excessive secrecy surrounding the deaths of John Sheridan, chief executive of Cooper Health System, and his wife, Joyce. 0 comments We encourage respectful comments...
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View video of the crowd using the PixMob LED wristbands at Friday's Taylor Swift concert at Lincoln Financial Field at www.philly.com/swiftbracelet Previous Story: Newlyweds sue Amtrak over train crash...
View ArticleNorthern exposure
Incapable of resuscitating Atlantic City, Trenton is moving to euthanize it by legalizing casinos in North Jersey. It's a bad move for the state and especially for Atlantic City, whose dire condition...
View ArticleAwakened comet lander sends more data
BERLIN - The Philae spacecraft has been in touch with Earth from a speeding comet for the second time since waking up a few days ago, mission control said Monday, and scientists hope to improve...
View ArticleDalai Lama chosen to receive 2015 Liberty Medal
THE NATIONAL Constitution Center yesterday announced that His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in Philadelphia in October. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader...
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Actress Lindsay Lohan is ready to move past her legal troubles and start a family. The Mean Girls star was officially taken off probation related to a 2012 reckless driving case last month and now...
View ArticleBurlesque star Blaze Starr, 83
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Blaze Starr, a burlesque star and stripper whose affair with a 1950s-era Louisiana governor gained notoriety for both parties, died yesterday at age 83. Starr's nephew, Earsten...
View ArticleMarian Anderson Award Winners
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View ArticleJon Bon Jovi to get Marian Anderson Award
0 comments Travel Deals $1325 & up -- Rome, Florence & Venice 7-Nts. from Philly See all travel deals » CINDY STANSBURY, Daily News Staff Writer stansbc@phillynews.com, 215-854-5914 Posted:...
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Her curls, her dress, her jewelry - Rachel Dolezal went to great pains to pull off her race switch, but why? Elizabeth Wellington in Magazine, C1. 0 comments We encourage respectful comments but...
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