Setting

beauty

Choosing the right setting powder depends on your skin type, desired finish, and how you plan to layer makeup. This guide walks through powder formulations, textures, and finish...

Guides And Explainers

Donkey, the fast-talking, loyal sidekick in DreamWorks' Shrek films, lives primarily in a barn located near Shrek's swamp. While he frequently visits and socializes in the swamp...

books

Edmund Waller's Murder on the Orient Express is set in the late 1930s, specifically in 1935 within the story timeline. The action unfolds aboard the famous Orient Express train...

context

Mad Men is set primarily in New York City, at the advertising agency Sterling Cooper in Midtown Manhattan through Season 3, and at the newly formed Sterling Cooper Draper Pryde...

television

Death in Paradise follows British Detective Inspector Richard Poole as he investigates murders on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie. The series uses this setting to...

Status Updates

Sullivan’s Crossing is widely expected to be set in New York, aligning with creator Nora Roberts’ roots, the northeastern regional flavor of the stories, and production note...

Evergreen

Young Sheldon is set in East Texas, primarily in the late 1980s and very early 1990s. The series begins in 1989, when nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper starts ninth grade at Medford...

Film & Entertainment

The Hidden Figures movie setting anchors this acclaimed film in specific time and place, blending real locations with historical authenticity to amplify its story of perseveranc...

entertainment

Bird Box unfolds in an unnamed, near-future world where mysterious entities drive people to suicide upon sight. The story centers on a mother and two children as they navigate a...

Celebrity Profiles

Mountainhead is set in a fictional, mountainous borderland inspired by the Intermontane West of North America, where isolated towns, alpine valleys, and remote forests form a su...