HuffPost is hitting the road this fall to interview people about their hopes, dreams, fears ― and what it means to be American today. The sprawling home of the University of Virginia feels at once distinctly of the South and also of another, ancient place. (Thomas Jefferson wanted the school to take architectural inspiration from the Greeks and Romans.

Amazonreally wants to be a part of your life. The more you stream, the more potential there is for you to click over to buy something on their service. More recently there’s alsothat Alexa thingthat everyone seems to kind of want but isn’t sure whether to trust yet. Regardless, Amazon is officially ubiquitous.

Conan O’Brien took his show to Israel, and on Tuesday night gave viewers quite the tour through the Holy Land. As expected, the host’s antics resulted in lots of hilarious moments, from O’Brien drinking with bar-goers in Tel Aviv to throwing himself an impromptu bar mitzvah in Jerusalem.

Multiple outlets are reporting that Carlos Muñoz Portal, a location scout for the Netflix crime drama“Narcos,” was found dead in Mexico. According to the Spanish newspaper El País, which reported the news on Sunday evening, Portal, 37, was found in a rural part of south-central Mexico not far from Mexico City. He was reportedly in the area to take photographs.

It’s been seven years since Zach Braff cured ailments on “Scrubs,” but at least he’s not forgotten: The actor’s well-coiffed likeness is apparently being used in a Russian-language ad for a medical treatment. On Wednesday, Braff tweeted a grainy image of the ad, which inexplicably features a cutout of himself as J.D., his character in the medical comedy.

Way back in 2015, “uptown girls” Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Schumer danced on Billy Joel’s piano at a Wrigley Field concert. Lawrence called the crazy dance atop the Piano Man’s piano the “best thing that happened” that year, while Schumerjoked to E! News, “Honestly, Billy Joel, I’ve been a groupie for years, just touring with him, riding the van, putting out.” But we’ve been waiting for Joel’s reaction to the performance .

“Bachelor” alum Sean Lowetook up his own rescue effort in Harvey-pummeled Houston on Monday. The Dallas resident posted a picture of himself driving a boat through the area in an effort to help. “Today I had the chance to do what I could to help some people in the Houston area,” he wrote. “I couldn’t believe the devastation. My heart broke for all the elderly who are immobile and the mothers trapped in their homes with young babies.

If Anna Paquin with a gaping wound on her head and a look of sheer terror on her face is any indication, the new Margaret Atwood adaptation on Netflix is going to be thrilling. The streaming service released the trailer for “Alias Grace” on Friday, teasing what will be a six-hour miniseries based on the iconic author’s 1996 work of historical fiction, hitting screens on Nov. 3.

The company’s CEO Bob Iger has announced thatMarvel and “Star Wars” movies will be included as offerings on Disney’s new streaming service. According toVariety, this news means titles from Disney, Marvel and Lucasfilm will eventually move from Netflix to the new service, which is set to launch in late 2019. When Disney first announced it was rolling out its own direct-to-consumer streaming service last month, it caused all kinds of commotion.

You ain’t never seen a cast like this. The main actors for Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” have finally come together, and the result is one magical Facebook post. “We just started shooting Aladdin and I wanted to intro you guys to our new family…” Will Smith wrote on Wednesday. “Mena Massoud/Aladdin,Naomi Scott/Princess Jasmine, Marwan Kenzari/Jafar, and I’m over here gettin my Genie on.