An American in DenialCan we be blunt? Jerry Mulligan isn't a very good artist. He's thoroughly mediocre, and he knows it. That's why he's holed up in Paris. He hopes some of the city's creative mag...

The Mystified Male GazeAustin Powers may be an International Man of Mystery, but when it comes to secrecy, he's got nothing on Lise Bouvier. When she's not refusing to talk about where she's been,...

Buying the Glass CeilingMilo Roberts is, like, so totally over 1950s gender expectations. She's wealthy and she's powerful. She's also a woman. Predictably, this flummoxes most of the men she encou...

Here's a new vocabulary word for you: droll. As in, "Adam Cook is one seriously droll dude." The wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster define droll as "having an odd and amusing quality." We'd say that sum...

With his successful singing career and sophisticated French charisma, Henri Baurel is the polar opposite of Jerry and Adam. He's optimistic, he oozes confidence, and, most of all, he's kind. And th...