Somewhere in the shadowy corners of modern storytelling lurk women who break hearts and shatter worlds both onscreen and in the minds of audiences. The femme fatale, the timeless archetype of danger, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sordid tales of sex and power have turned the Hollywood studio system into a scandal sheet of horrors. Yes, there was always “the casting couch,” those couches where casting ...

Fifty years ago next week, audiences got their first glimpse of Elizabeth Taylor sitting atop an enormous sphinx as the titular character in 1963's Cleopatra. She was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt ...

Latin Grammy-winning chanteuse Mon Laferte released her jazz pop LP, "Femme Fatale," in October. The album begs the question: ...