I am an unrepentant news junkie. If I'm not getting the latest stories online, I 'm hearing them blaring from the TV in the next room. And have I introduced you to my husband, Phil? He makes me look uninformed. So, between the two of us, we're practically a 24-hour...

I was as stunned as everyone else by Angelina Jolie's revelation on Tuesday that she'd had a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer. That's not only because one of the most famous women in the world had managed to keep such a dramatic secret under wraps...

Having great friends is one of life's most wonderful rewards. I know I'd be lost without my closest girlfriends, and I realize how very lucky I am to have them in my life. Just knowing there is always someone to call, to confide in, to laugh and cry with is...

I've always said that my mother had the voice of an angel and the guts of a prizefighter, and she brought that unique combination of qualities to her parenting. Our house was always filled with music -- from the moment we woke up. And whenever she threw a dinner party,...

It's the one thing I tell people about myself that always seems to surprise them: that I was a teacher.

I'd just graduated from the University of Southern California, and even though I knew I wanted to go into show business, I tried my hand at teaching for a while...

Of the many things I can't imagine myself doing -- like jumping out of an airplane -- I'd have to say that posing as a man would be pretty difficult for me. And who'd believe it? I'd make such a tiny little guy.

Before Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie, Julie Andrews...

There's an old saying that sex is one of three topics of conversation that shouldn't be brought up at the dinner table (the other two being politics and religion). And that's the fun thing about having a website: it's not the dinner table!

So let's talk sex -- especially great...

It all seems like it was just yesterday. I was young, independent, and standing firm by my vow never to marry -- a promise I had kept for years, even as my girlfriends got married one by one by one.

But then I went on this talk show and...

"You're going to be a star."

Those were the words Johnny Carson spoke to Joan Rivers on national television on the night of February 17, 1965. Only moments before, Joan had been an unknown and struggling comic -- an anxious but enormously talented fighter who had to tear down mountains...

And here I used to think I was trendy. Who knew I was so completely out of it?

When it comes to physical fitness, I've always opted for the tried, true and traditional. I'm perfectly happy with my light weight-training and a good jog in the park. The weight-training...

It's that time again.

This Thursday, parents, children and caregivers around the country will participate in -- and celebrate -- another Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, and it never stops being inspiring to me. For those of us in the Ms Foundation who founded the...

Climate change is one of those topics that practically dares you to step up to it. We know it exists and we know it's critical, but it's so enormous that it's hard to wrap your head around it.

We see the receding ice caps and dwindling numbers of polar bears;...

I love the New York Yankees, but I'll be honest with you. After this week's tragedy in Boston, I began to wonder if it would ever feel safe to attend a game again. If the Boston event confirmed one thing to us, it's that mass violence has officially entered the...

Poor April -- how envious it must be of its monthly neighbors! March gets to have St. Patty's Day and May gets to have, well, May Day -- but April? All the crocuses in the world couldn't make us forget that most unlikely -- and unlikable -- day of the...

If your nose is itchy and running as you read this, don't just reach for a tissue -- pour yourself a cup of peppermint tea, too. I'll explain.

For all of the wonderful things that come with spring -- the sun, the flowers, the singing birds, even the spring cleaning...

"Stories can conquer fear," Nigerian novelist Ben Okri once said. "They can make the heart bigger."

There's a world of truth to that statement. As someone who comes from a long line of storytellers, I've always felt that our lives are just long and rich stories, knit together over the...

I don't know about you, but I love when spring comes around and I can start thinking about all the fresh fruits and vegetables that are coming into season. Strawberries, artichokes, pineapples, avocados and asparagus are all in season right now and ready to take center stage on the table....

When I went on Phil Donahue's talk show in 1977, the handsome host knocked me for a loop. In the green room beforehand, he told me he wanted to talk to me about my mother (no one ever wanted to talk about my mother -- just my famous father), so...

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I love when things are organized. When I first moved in with my husband and his teenage boys, I actually color-coded their towels. It worked! And my desk is an organizational work of art -- pens over there, paperwork over here and...

Here's a riddle:

A trucker is sitting in a bar next to a feminist. They've both had a lot to drink and they're arguing. The feminist says women have been oppressed for centuries -- the trucker says they haven't. The feminist says women deserve equal pay -- the trucker says...