"One day, when I was about 14 years old, I'd had a particularly rough day at school because I had been teased by a boy in one of my classes. He made fun of my makeup. (Hey, I was just 14 … I was still ...

“Do you ever feel like there’s no escape?” This is the core tenor of The Dead Thing, the directorial debut of long-time ...

Located mainly on the walkway of a Thamesmead council estate, three of the five characters are young teens: 15-year-old Leah (who is obsessed with Mama Cass, and has been chucked out of school), ...

Kao Kalia Yang has been doing some early promotions for her widely-praised new children’s picture book, “The Most Beautiful Thing,” and now the official launch is here. Yang, who is Hmong-American, ...

You may think you know what life was like in 1959 because of shows like Mad Men, but what might have it been like in countries that weren’t quite as conservative as the U.S. was? You can see a glimpse ...

"The time of day I most find peace is first thing in the morning before the house is up, right before the sun breaks through the clouds," the Empire star writes Christina Dugan Ramirez is a former ...

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Everyone has something that makes them beautiful. What makes someone beautiful? There are so many ways that someone can be beautiful. Listing all the possible reasons would take far too long.

"La Prima Cosa Bella" (The First Beautiful Thing), a noir comedy from Paolo Virzi set in the 1970s, surprisingly emerged as the most nominated film for Italy's best-known film honor, the David di ...