Steve Jobs used to wash his feet in the toilet, would park his car in disabled bays, and if he didn't like something, he'd shout "This is shit!" at his minions. But the "turtleneck-wearing" Apple ...

BIANNA GOLODRYGA: Now, from Shakespeare to Elon Musk, Marie Curie to Taylor Swift, what actually makes a genius and why are we so attached to the term? In her latest book, “The Genius Myth,” ...

From Picasso to Joyce, we’re hopelessly in thrall to the fallacy of the all-conquering intellect. Or are we? What makes a genius? Pushed to define it, we might say it’s a combination of extraordinary ...

Legendary comedian, brash entertainer, zany actor and dedicated humanitarian Jerry Lewis has died in Las Vegas at the age of 91. He died at his home at 9:15 a.m. , according to the Las Vegas ...

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this report misstated the duration of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin’s partnership. At the end of a remarkable show business life, Jerry Lewis might be ...

Jerry Lewis didn’t just play a nutty professor. For years he reigned as a mad comic scientist of the screen — a brash innovator who exploded conventions and expectations on either side of the camera, ...

He "owned the zany, crazy approach," Reiner says of the comedy icon as he recalls their first meeting back in 1947 and the time Lewis pitched himself for the 17-year-old lead role in 'Enter Laughing.' ...

Was Elon Musk ever a genius? Yes, he revolutionized the electric-car industry and space travel. Yes, he once seemed to represent America’s ability to innovate at the cutting edge of technology. But ...

Toward the end of his life in 1972, African-American artist Norman Lewis wrote an eye-catching pitch to a New York gallerist: “I have read that you have not stopped discovering talent and helping ...

>>> FROM SHAKESPEARE TO ELON MUSK >>> MARIE CURIE TO TAYLOR SWIFT, WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES A GENIUS? AND WHY ARE WE SO ATTACHED TO THE TERM? THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF JOURNALIST AND ATLANTIC STAFF WRITER ...