New York Daily News

Wait-don't yank that CD off the player just yet. These days, there's a healthy chance that an uncredited track has been slipped in. The probability soars if the performer happens...

Frank Rich turned his attention to Broadway one more time with a cover story in the Feb. 13 New York Times Magazine detailing his recently concluded 13-year stint as chief...

Ten years ago you couldn't find a mashed potato in a good restaurant. Diners and coffee shops most often served the instant variety, as some still do. Then mashed potatoes...

Ricky Jay doesn't like to refer to the things he does as tricks. "I think of them," he says, "as pieces." Pieces like the endless variations of "pick a card,...

Anyone who visits Hollywood always winds up taking one of those "homes of the stars" tours. But you can do the same thing in New York-thanks to a new book...

They won't have Madeleine Stowe to kick around anymore. After too many roles as a trophy for testosterone-soaked men, Stowe is finally getting to play a take-charge woman who drinks,...

Talk about multiple personalities. Kathleen Chalfant plays four roles in "Millennium Approaches," the first half of "Angels in America." In the second half, "Perestroika," she has six parts. In "Millennium,"...

Chris Elliott says he doesn't mind if you call his brand of comedy "stupid." The pratfalls, the non sequiturs, the general air of dweebiness-it's all part of Elliott's shtick. "It's...

To really get the feel of a place, you should read the local paper. Here's a Page 1 story: Crocodiles, an endangered species, are now nesting and breeding nicely in...

English wine writer Oz Clarke is an oenophile with attitude. At his first official tasting, many moons ago, he arrived with a green-haired girl, guzzled from a glass of expensive...