American expat and Apartment 86 owner Linda Chandler shares her style secrets with Viva.

Max Gimblett is one of our most beloved painters. Rebecca Barry met him in his New York studio and learned about his creative process.

Once stuck in a 9-5 rut in a Wellington office job, Gala Darling donned a new identity and created a new life as a New York style and self-help guru.

Paul Auster writes splendidly about disaffected, damaged people, usually alienated from society in some way, often isolated, physically and/or psychologically.

P. Diddy is to play a detective in US TV series Hawaii Five-0.

You probably don't want to mess with Luigi 'Baby Shacks' Manocchio, who has just pleaded not guilty to charges of extorting cash 'protection' payments from New England's strip clubs.

Three years after the death of her lover Heath Ledger, actress Michelle Williams has an Oscar nomination. The Hollywood star talks candidly to Tim Teeman about grief, her daughter, her mania for cleaning — and her new film.

How much you'll enjoy this novel from American actor and comedian Steve Martin will depend on how engaged you are with recent art history.

The slaughter in Tucson, in statistical terms, was pretty routine as US shooting sprees go.

A new year, a new romance: Actress Meg Ryan and veteran rocker John Mellencamp are reportedly dating on the quiet.

Aidan is a thirty-something professional blogger, living a low-rent version of the high-life in post-9/11 New York. His relationship with his journalist girlfriend, Cressida, is strained; he's stuck in a bit of a rut.

Police in Long Island, New York fear they may have a serial killer on their hands.

Be true to yourself, and keep your inner Madoff where he belongs.

After a break, the Black Keys are back with an album they consider their best to date.

A New Zealander and his US-born wife have won an international competition looking for the 'world's best couple'.

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese tells Mark Kermode about his new 3D film, Hugo Cabret, his movie-mad childhood - and how directing the acclaimed drama Boardwalk Empire opened his mind to the epic freedoms of television.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are an unlikely pairing of figureheads in the fight to save the tiger.

The FBI is planning further raids on hedge funds suspected of involvement in an insider trading scam, as a three-year investigation enters its final stages, with prosecutors aiming to make arrests and lay charges within the next few weeks.

Mickey Drexler, who turned Gap into the epitome of Nineties casual, is fronting a $3.9 billion takeover bid for J Crew.

Charlie Sheen is suing the porn star who was with him when he smashed up a New York hotel room last month.

Lights, cameras, action: Chris Reed goes on location in New York.

The economic recession and increasing awareness about environmental and ethical concerns have spurred many in the fashion industry to look more closely at its image.