Into the Wild

My Hike Across America: Why I'm Taking Gadgets Into The Wilderness

Martin J. Bernstein | Posted 03.20.2012

Martin J. Bernstein

When I tell people I'm about to spend a year hiking trails from New York to San Francisco with my two dogs they shake my hand, wish me luck and congratulate me for living out my dream. But brows furrow and jaws clench when they realize I'm bringing a smart phone.

Marcia Gay Harden Lands NBC Comedy Pilot

Posted 01.08.2012

Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is trying her hand at something new. The actress has landed the lead role in NBC's latest comedy pilot, "Isabel." Ha...

Get Cozy: 6 Books To Beat The Winter Blues

csmonitor.com | Nora Dunne | Posted 05.25.2011

The groundhog may have seen his shadow yesterday, but for those of us enduring a blizzard a week spring still seems a distant prospect. So instead of ...

Twenty Incredibly Serious Minutes With Kristen Stewart

Graham Fuller | Posted 05.25.2011

Graham Fuller

"You can't always lose yourself" in a role, says the 20-year-old Stewart, "although that's when it's at its best. I don't have a lot of control over it because I'm not really the best technical actor."

The Best Game in Town: Inventuring in Africa

Jim Selman | Posted 11.17.2011

Jim Selman

The future will always be what it is--regardless of what we think or believe or want. All any of us can do is be present in the moment and responsible for our actions and our vision of what might be.

A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

Greening Hollywood: Rosario Dawson Takes Home EMA's Futures Award

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

Paige Donner

Rosario Dawson took home the Futures Award and remembered her days as a child when she had no choice but to compost.

'Into The Wild'-Style Pilgrimages Increase In Alaska

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 11.17.2011

HEALY, Alaska — Ron Alexander has long been intrigued with the true story of a young idealist who met his death in Alaska's unyielding wildernes...

Hal Holbrook: Oscar Nominee Back In The Spotlight

USA Today | William Keck | Posted 05.25.2011

If there were ever a time for Hal Holbrook to be whistlin' Dixie, it is now. The veteran actor, who turns 83 this month, is enjoying his first Oscar...

Sean Penn's "Into The Wild" Leads SAG Nominations

AP | David Germain | Posted 05.25.2011

The road-trip drama "Into the Wild" received a leading four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday, including honors for lead actor Emile Hir...

Sean Penn Joins List Of Actors Who Direct With "Into The Wild"

AP | David Germain | Posted 05.25.2011

Sean Penn is one of the great actors of his generation, yet he'd like to give it all up to remain behind the camera. "It's a good idea," Penn said at...