Scandal

Sutton Foster in 'Anything Goes' during the Tony Awards June 12, 2011.

American Icons: Anything Goes

Culture

Cole Porter was out of the musical theater scene during the 1930s, as American mores grew looser and more risqué. But instead of getting stodgy, he wrote the classic celebration of freedom from social constraints.

Actor Kevin Spacey at the premiere of Netflix's television series "House of Cards" at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center

Netflix dumps Kevin Spacey, police home in on Harvey Weinstein

Culture
House of Cards_China

China can’t get enough of ‘House of Cards’ and that scares Washington

Media
Jerome Kerviel

A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris

Jerome Kerviel

A disgraced French trader walks home from his meeting with the pope — to Paris

The World

Everybody loves a scandal

Global Politics

Why does the public demise of beloved celebrities capture our imagination? Laura Kipnis, author of the new book ‘How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior,’ considers these questions.