MARK RUFFALO is making the most out of his time in metro Atlanta, both on and off movie sets. While filming his roles as Bruce Banner and the Hulk for Avenge...

Downtown Atlanta contains very little brick and mortar. A westward view of the city’s skyline—the same image used in the opening credits of TV’s The Walking ...

JIMMY CARTER, the 39th president of the United States, is known for staunch opinions on matters ranging from peace in Palestine to poetry and peanuts. He is ...

ANGELIQUE KIDJO’S childhood in Benin was a whirl of different languages and cultural influences. Hers was a family that spoke French, Fon and Yoruba, and pla...

PAUL MCCARTNEY is one of the most important figures of 20th-century music. Therein lies the dilemma. Can the 69-year-old former Beatle pull off writing a bal...

Below is part of my interview with Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield about his new book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. The interview’s heavily edit...

Below, my favorite performances of the day. They’re not all musically great, but the memory is perfect. Comment below and let me know your faves, too!  (Clic...

I blogged about my friend Jeanne-Claude on the Huffington Post today. She was a very special artist and an unforgettable lady! Click HERE to read the HuffPo ...

Loved getting to actually speak with Naomi, Diane von Furstenberg and Helena Christensen, among others. Check out more pictures here.

For Howard Zinn, some things never change. Backstage at the Atlanta Film Festival, after screening his new documentary, The People Speak, to a crowd of conse...

Harry at the Wall / Photo by Stacy James Payne Me at the Wall - November 1989 / Photo by Stacy James Payne It was 20 years ago! Check out my HuffPo story abo...

Below is a piece I wrote for Vogue. It did not appear in the September issue (or any issue, for that matter). But you can read my blog on the Huffington Post...

Fun – great runway music – great models (Make Me A Supermodel’s Salome), and fun hair and makeup by RuMM Color Studio and Authentic Beauty. Plus, hanging wit...

I remembering falling in love with the work of Henry Moore in college and tried in vain to mimic his style in sculpture class once, when I spent four months ...

OK, I’m hoping I might eventually write something up for The Economist’s More Intelligent Life soon, so I won’t give too much away … but I just have to say h...

My life would be different today if there hadn’t been Pretty in Pink. The inclusion of New Order’s “Thieves Like Us” MADE that movie … it just sums up high s...

Yes, redundant headlines do rain clicks. So forgive me for being manipulative and using a cheeky headline in the Huffington Post to grab  attention for NBAF....

I love this partnership! Singing about making love and writing about making poverty history … what more could one ask? But seriously, read my blog post in Th...