This holiday season the French are drinking less wine and more beer than ever. All thanks to a boom in microbrews, or "biere artisanale" as the French call it.
Mitt Romney often talks about his heritage in Mexico, and his faith in the Mormon Church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has a complicated history in Mexico -- it's growing rapidly today, but more than 100 years ago it was a place Mormons went to avoid a prohibition on polygamy.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has over a million members in Mexico. And as Mexican Mormons move to the US, they bring their faith north with them.
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, the 1948 Olympic Games in London occurred at a time of widespread austerity. Countries across the world were just beginning to recover from the war and, like today, trying to figure out how to strengthen their economies.
The last time London hosted the games, in 1948, was a time of austerity in Britain and the games reflected that austerity.
There's a new production on Broadway now entitled The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, but it's not the one George and Ira presented in 1935.
Many are charging the Assad government with trying to stir up sectarian violence.
Colin Firth talks with The Takeaway about why it's easy for audiences to relate to England's King George VI in the new film, "The King's Speech."