Karen Torme Olson

- Best of the Best: Without Warning (Buena Vista Home Video) - The Big Hit(Columbia TriStar) - Captive (Peachtree) - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (MGM Home Entertainment) - His Bodyguard...

While there are lots of effective programs that help parents keep children safe from predators who prowl the Internet, a controversial Web site, launched earlier this month by the Cook...

If you have the attitude that "life is a cabernet," and you want to see how other people relate to wine, try a movie. Many films featuring people making, tasting,...

FILMS TO WATCH Hollywood and television often relegate seniors to stereotyped roles, or worse -- to invisibility. Sometimes, however, films celebrate the vitality, experience and sense of humor that many...

The stagnant restaurant scene in the south burbs is starting to stir, thanks to a handful of distinctive new eateries that dare to offer more than pizza or glorified coffee...

Looking for a quick but impressive gift for that movie buff in your life? Try a boxed set of videos with themes that range from sublime to silly. Some to...

Here's a sampler of tailgating in the Big 10 and Notre Dame, starting with the University of Illinois, the nation's top tailgating school, according to "The Tailgater's Handbook." University of...

Searching for that intimate "find" of a restaurant where the food and ambiance sparkle and the check won't cause heartburn? Then head for Clayton's in Valparaiso, Ind., where pastrami-cured salmon...

The big break. What is it? How does it happen? Lana Turner got hers while sipping a soda in an L.A. drugstore. Vivian Leigh got hers after a worldwide search...

`Tell me a story, Mom (or Dad)" is a request all kids make at some time or other. Because educators say reading to kids can help them learn to love...