Adrian Varnavas Diakidis

Here’s how much you save by picking up an NES Classic

Nintendo’s NES Classic is one of the hottest video-game related items of the holiday season, and for good reason. The mini nostalgia-packed package …

The Forgery That Helped Make Michelangelo Famous

At the beginning of his career, Michelangelo went along with a plan to make a marble sculpture look much older in origin. It helped make his …

The Late Late Show reveals what happens when a wizard tries to go through airport security

‘Sir, do not make me blow this whistle’<p><i>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</i> hits theaters this weekend, and to promote the film, Eddie Redmayne stopped by <i>The Late Late Show with James Corden,</i> where heappears in a hilarious sketch that reimagined his character Newt Scamander contending with the …

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings "100 Days, 100 Nights"

Images: Fan Art That Combines Popular Comic Book Characters With Real Actors And Celebrities

This series of fan art imagines what famous actors and celebrities would like if they played some popular comic book characters.<p>This art is from …

Alec Baldwin Makes First Post-Election Appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'

Alec Baldwin returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Donald Trump for the first time since the election — but the president-elect apparently didn't see the funny side.<p>After the show portrayed the president-elect as a man in over his head, Trump tweeted early Sunday that he had seen parts of the …

Remembrance: With Sharon Jones' death, the music world loses a rare talent — and a refreshing personality

This past summer I had the pleasure of spending a day with<p>Sharon Jones.<p>Well, pleasure may not be quite the right word. As anyone who has shared even a few minutes with Miss Sharon could tell you, time with that most underappreciated of soul talents was not an easy or necessarily upbeat affair. …

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Is Garnering Some High Praise From Fans In Japan

<i>Ghost In The Shell</i> has faced criticism for whitewashing after casting Scarlett Johansson in the main role of The Major, but some of that has been dampened following the release of the first trailer for the film. Plenty of folks are still pointing out the casting issues, but there’s also a lot of …

‘Westworld’ and the Moral Dilemma of Cyborgs

The mathematician Norbert Wiener founded the science of cybernetics in 1948 with a warning that has become a cornerstone of futurist writing. The computer age was still in its infancy when he cautioned that intelligent machines could wreak havoc on civilization — and perhaps even snuff it out — if …

Frozen in time: Salvador Dalí’s dinner parties, Paris, 1973

The artist’s foray into food and cookery was just as surreal as his paintings, as his recently republished book Les Dîners de Gala illustrates<p>Salvador Dalí’s late-life foray into cookbook writing would not be to everyone’s tastes, even the artist himself acknowledged. Dieters and the …