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NEED TO KNOW Dakota “Cody” Trenkle Jr., 13, went missing while skateboarding in Goose Creek Lake, Mo., on Sunday, July 28  After surviving for days, he was found alive at …

Billy Joel: And So It Goes reveals the inspiration and process behind certain songs. But it also digs into Joel’s alcoholism, multiple marriages and divorces, and his conflicts with fellow …

Addra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us …

For the first three decades of my life, I rode the nice-shoes-cheap-socks train. Then it happened. Returning from a friend’s house, I discovered there was a hole in the ankle …

Music biopics give us a peek into the lives of our favorite musicians. They reveal their personal struggles and inspiration, which often remain hidden or misinterpreted behind the flashing cameras …

It was 1996 and I was in a nightclub in Tokyo. I was 26 and had been living and working in Japan for three years. I was dancing, along with …

Image by Dosse­man, via Wiki­me­dia Com­mons In 2012, archae­ol­o­gists dis­cov­ered in South­ern Turkey a well-pre­served mosa­ic fea­tur­ing a skele­ton savor­ing a loaf of bread and a pitch­er of wine, sur­round­ed …

It was 2003 and the Peter Falconio case was fresh in our minds. As 22-year-olds itching for adventure, my wife and I, and one of our closest friends, nonetheless decided …

When I was growing up in the early 2000s, few cultural figures confused me more than Ozzy Osbourne. He was, I understood, the “Prince of Darkness,” a legendary influence upon …

A new HBO two-part documentary chronicles the life and work of one of America’s most successful singer/songwriters, Billy Joel.