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The Best 'Friends' Gifts for Fans Excited About The Reunion

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Its been nearly a decade since Friends aired their very last episode in 2004, but the quirky New York City friend group consisting of Chandler Bing, Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey

The Best Broadway Merch to Gift Your Favorite Theater Kid This Year

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Social Goods, the online store for activist clothes and accessories, has launched a special collection that will help send more New York City students to Broadway productions before they graduate high school.

The Case of the $12,000 Kidney Stone

When the sharp abdominal pain hit me earlier this summer, I thought it might be appendicitis. By the time I arrived at the emergency room of a nearby private hospital here in Miami, the pain was excruciating. I wanted to die no matter what it cost.

The Hunger Games Reaches Another Milestone: Top 10 Censored Books

In 1885, the Concord Public Library in Massachusetts banned the year-old book for its coarse language critics deemed Mark Twains use of common vernacular (slang) as demeaning and damaging. A reviewer dubbed it the veriest trash more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people. Little Women author Louisa May Alcott lashed

The Plan to Save Joe Biden's Campaign

Last June, Barack Obama slipped into the White House to deliver a warning to Joe Biden.The state of Bidens re-election campaign was shaky, Obama told him over a private lunch, according to a Democrat briefed about the meeting. Defeating Donald Trump would be harder in 2024. The mood of the country was sour. Persuading unhappy