Monica Eng

Forget about the disco revival, post-modern abstraction and techno funk. As the planet gets ready to step into a brand-new millennium, a ballroom style of the 1930s and '40s is...

Q. Fiona Apple's new album has quite the title. What's the story behind it? A. According to Apple, the 90-word title of her second album -- "When the Pawn Hits...

Sept. 10, 1990 Many strive to move from music or comedy into television, and many fail. Will Smith -- whose "Willennium" album comes out Tuesday -- is one who made...

The next time your mother scolds you for eating dinner leftovers for your morning meal because they are not "breakfast food," you might want to remind her that, in many...

Anyone who read Tuesday's Inc. column knows about the United Center's Quiet Room, where ticketless parents can chill -- for free -- while their kids are attending Ricky Martin's Halloween...

When we read Grimms' Fairytales as a child, we never quite understood how the witch was going to follow through on her threats to turn children into black pudding. Pudding,...

Q--The Redmoon Theater seems to come up with more big and beautiful puppets for its shows all the time. What does it do with them when it's done? A--Redmoon's marketing...

On MTV's stop-motion animated series "Celebrity Deathmatch," well-known types get in the wrestling ring and destroy each other in horrific ways. The show, airing at 9 p.m. Thursdays, has been...

Opera diva Kiri Te Kanawa's latest CD, "Maori Songs," may be a departure from the long line of operas and Broadway musicals she's recorded. But as Dame Kiri's legions of...

In an open letter posted on his Web site, www.warrenadler.com, the author of "Random Hearts" (Ballantine Books) discusses the adaptation of his novel into a Hollywood movie. Here is a...