Critics have never been kind to Kim Novak. They often (and wrongly) have dismissed her as a typical star manufactured by the studio system, or as one of the many cinema's goddesses gifted with plenty of sex appeal but little acting talent....

Kim Novak (born February 13, 1933) is an American actress who was one of America's most popular movie stars in the late 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo...

Now the artistic director of the District of Columbia Arts Center, Andrew J. Mellen grew up gay in the '60s in Detroit, a combination he explores in the autobiographical "My Life as Kim Novak" at DCAC. The one-man show interweaves Mellen's reminiscences with those...

Kim Novak is clad from head to toe in exquisitely cut black-and- pale skin. "You like the pant suit? I wore it to the premiere of Vertigo yesterday. Did you enjoy Vertigo? You did? The restoration is magnificent. I think Vertigo is one of...

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2007. There are 321 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 13, 1935, a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of the son of Charles...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2007. There are 67 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 25, 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men,...