America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, ...

Shreveport is older than Caddo Parish, which was created on January 18, 1838. The very first sheriff of Caddo Parish was ...

The Velázquez masterpiece, on loan to the Norton Simon Museum from the Prado Museum in Madrid, is loaded with royal intrigue and mystery.

Between the early I950's and 1956, archaeologists and bedouin vied with one another to find more scrolls, and eventually a library of over eight hundred different manuscripts was recovered.

The history of Barbados, a small Caribbean island, has been profoundly shaped by sugarcane. It is also home to the oldest recorded mention of the word “rum,” an industry that remains central to the ...

What’s in a name? Elton John still can’t understand how his parents could have given him a “s – – t” birth name. The “I’m Still Standing” singer, 77, spoke about his given name ...

In late-1992, not long after Jane’s Addiction broke up, Jane’s bassist Eric Avery and guitarist Dave Navarro formed the ...

The superstar opens up about his difficult five-year relationship with his former manager John Reid in the new documentary 'Elton John: Never Too Late' Jeremy Helligar is an Executive Editor at ...

PORTRAIT IN RED: A Paris Obsession. By L. John Harris. Heyday Books. 320 pages. $35. Getting carried away by one’s subject can be intoxicating for a writer and involving for the reader ...

Visitors to Francis Bacon: Human Presence are greeted by his studies of papal figures and men in suits. In these works, Bacon ...

Local stars and actors from Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King stepped out for the film's South African premiere on Thursday evening. Actors John Kani and Kagiso Lediga, who respectively voice the older ...

Oprah pulled off a surprise for best friend Gayle King's 70th birthday that was so good, she was afraid the "CBS Mornings" co-host would have a heart attack. On Friday night, Oprah convinced King ...