Billionaire activist George Soros is one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. Famous for betting against the Bank of England in 1992 and making a billion dollars in one day, he is maligned by ideologues on both the left and the right for daring to tackle the world’s problem

Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday p...

In this seventeen episode of Male Ballet Dancers we present principal dancers from Brazil. We feature Gabriel Figaredo, Grand Peix winner and dancer at the Stuttgart, Germany Ballet, and Victor Gaixeta who was born in Uberlândia, Brazil and trained as a dancer at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin

Martin Sherman’s profound love story takes audiences into the deepest, darkest moments of one man’s fight to survive gay persecution in 1930s Germany. In the first major U.S. revival since its Broadway premiere in 1979, Moisés Kaufman directs this startling and moving play that illustrates how love

An animation of a fly-through of some of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay route. Will the Olympic Torch be passing you? View the London 2012 Olympic Torch route in this animated film and see if you are close to any area of the relay.

Beth Moon, a photographer based in San Francisco, has been searching for the world’s oldest trees for the past 14 years. She has traveled all around the globe to capture the most magnificent trees that grow in remote locations and look as old as the world itself. “Standing as the earth’s largest and

Janet Mock, a writer living in New York, tells her story of growing up transsexual in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she was born male and transitioned from Charles to Janet during her freshman year of high school. Due to her adolescent transition, she was bullied, teased and taunted through the halls of h...

Images of events and milestones that had a major impact in 2011. From the Japan Tsunami to the unusual high number of tornados in the US. From the military action to kill Osama bin Laden to the 10th anniversary celebration of 9/11. Including images related to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell in t...

nations from around the world have different customs of what color underwear you should wear on New Year’s Eve to ensure a fortuitous year ahead. Argentinians believe pink skivvies will bring you love, while in China, red underwear (preferably with golden embroidery) wards off bad luck for the comin

From the very heights of government and diplomacy, to fierce advocacy for democracy and refugees, Madeleine Albright set a new and trailblazing standard. The first woman to become secretary of state died Wednesday afternoon in Washington, but leaves an impressive legacy.