Connecticut has produced a number of big names. See the list of celebrities who grew up here — some will surprise you.

Avegno’s was formerly a pet store. A notable feature is the homage to John Singer Sargent’s portraits of Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, the famous Madame X and Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast.

Mayer attended Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk ... Leibovitz is a photographer known for portraits of celebrities like John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The Library of Congress named her a Living Legend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Reporting on four of the world's major conflict zones — Israel, Sudan, Ukraine and Haiti — was honored Monday with George Polk awards, one of journalism's highest honors.

It’s slightly odd that movie versions of stage musicals did not follow on the heels of 1927’s The Jazz Singer, the first ...

According to the authorities, Gene Hackman had likely died about nine days before his and his wife's bodies were discovered ...

Topol of The New York Times Magazine received the Sydney Schanberg Prize for long-form investigative or enterprise journalism for “The Deserter,” a 35,000-word portrait of a combat ... calls,” Polk ...

“Given the range and depth of exceptional reporting before us,” said John Darnton, curator of the awards,“winnowing ... The award for Political Reporting goes to Jane Mayer of The New Yorker for “Pete ...

Beaufort, South Carolina sits like a watercolor painting come to life, where moss-draped oak trees create natural archways over streets lined with historic homes that have weathered centuries of ...