A new divorcee, her boyfriend, and a couple of tiara-wearing swingers walk into a bar...

Helmut Newton is a connoisseur of contemporary sex and death.

In its second season, the smooth-talking cads and resilient ladies of "Mad Men" are emboldened and chastened by the tumultuous '60s.

A spate of new films -- one with girl-next-door Meg Ryan -- depict graphic oral sex scenes. Is the film industry's portrayal of sexuality finally beginning to get real?

Did Team Bush turn once-moderate GOP Senate candidate Mel Martinez into a gay-bashing, reactionary ogre?

A book of starlet glam shots raises questions like: Was it bad choices or bad luck that kept Sharon Stone from ruling Hollywood after "Basic Instinct"?

When my favorite professor revealed that he was human, too, I knew I'd never look at him the same way again.

The House managers got their wish -- a chance to probe, examine and even "de-brief" the luscious Lewinsky.

I'm a good girl, but I can't seem to stop.

Or maybe Matt Weiner knows that life in America really is that strange and brutal

Don't let this delightfully frothy drawing-room comedy get lost between the sofa cushions.

Welcome to JANSA's annual meeting, where Austen lovers divide into Team Willoughby and Team Brandon and ask WWJD

The director of "Friends With Money" gave Jennifer Aniston stained pants and Catherine Keener a "fat ass." And her movie gave me nightmares.

Read more about Rich Cohen's singular family -- and book -- in the following interview and excerpt.

Her true selves are revealed, as real as uncut gems.