I didn't need theater to close to cherish it. The day I saw The Inheritance captured exactly why it's so important which is why I know what's at stake in its absence. Not just a fun evening or a bit of folly, but one of the ways we evolve as a culture.

Even though I was leaving the home, I was found. This man gave me experiences I had never had—the meal of Moroccan fish and the gift of finding a home inside my own skin.

Wonder Woman made a comeback in the past few years — not only the movie, but the icon, the archetype. The world needs Diana Prince more than ever.

“I burned the letters,” my mother said. “The letters” needed no explanation. She was referring to the two hundred pieces of mail my parents exchanged in the early years of their marriage, during the time my father was stationed at Army bases in the South and my mother was living in Astoria, N.Y.

Screenwriter Karen Leigh Hopkins ('Stepmom,' 'Miss Meadows') says the explanation of why her character was dropped from the film — offered decades-later in a new book — doesn’t ring true.

Wishing for something won't take you very far. The key to getting what you're after is learning to speak up—the smart way.