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It makes total sense that Josh Groban’s new album is called Cinematic , because his origin story sounds like something out of the movies: Anxious kid struggles to focus in school, joins the choir (and turns out to be pretty great at singing), works with a vocal coach, gets in front of Grammy-winning producer David Foster and then, at the age of 17, is sharing a stage with Celine Dion. And then … fame and fortune and happily ever after, right? “Well,” says Groban with a blush, when we sit down on a warm May day in New York City, “not exactly.” He fact-checks with a heap of modesty: The Celine Dion moment was just part of a rehearsal for the 1999 Grammys. Famed tenor Andrea Bocelli—set to duet with the Canadian superstar on the broadcast—wasn’t able to make it to practice, so Foster called Groban to stand in. “And while I think, in hindsight, I held my own through the nerves to sing with Celine,” he says with a chuckl...

2025 winner: Asheville, North Carolina Asheville has the perfect blend of big-city creativity and small-town charm. Cultured, quirky and welcoming, this small city in the Blue Ridge Mountains— our 2025 Nicest Place in America winner —is especially appealing to travelers who like their sightseeing with a heaping side of interesting art, delicious food and plenty of local character. The River Arts District, along the French Broad River, is the city’s creative quarter. Here, artists and craftspeople, from ironworkers and painters to potters and glassblowers, have studios and galleries in former industrial buildings. It’s an area made for spending a day getting lost, watching artists at work or joining a hands-on class to make art of your own. The city is also home to many James Beard Award–winning restaurants, including Cúrate Bar de Tapas and Chai Pani. These restaurants serve more than just great food—they offer a window into the community spiri...

If anyone knows a thing or two about never saying die, it’s Ke Huy Quan. The actor first stole hearts as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies , and then, after decades away from acting, he made the kind of Hollywood comeback that movies are made of with Everything Everywhere All at Once . His unforgettable turn as Waymond Wang earned him an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in 2023, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Since then, he’s popped up in Loki , kicked some serious butt in Love Hurts and lent his voice to Zootopia 2 . Now, Quan is taking us somewhere even more personal: inside his own remarkable story with Never Say Die , his first book, released this month. The memoir traces his journey from a child in a refugee camp to a beloved actor on the Oscars stage, but Quan tells Reader’s Digest that its real heart lies in the decades when Hollywood stopp...

What makes your community a nice place to live? Is it feeling safe and secure, or having access to parks and services? Maybe it’s all about having your family close, or lots of opportunities for career advancement. A great place to live can be all of those things—and if you love your community, no doubt it has many of those attributes. But community also lives “in the small, repeated contacts of daily life—the neighbor who waves every morning, the co-worker who checks in when you seem off, the person at the coffee shop who remembers your order,” says Lucy Rose, the founder of The Cost of Loneliness Project, who is on a mission to combat loneliness and build human connection. The way she sees it, community “is the web of relationships where people feel seen and know they matter.” Since 2017, we’ve conducted an annual search for the Nicest Places in America , highlighting amazing hometowns (and even a few individual businesses) that celebra...