The private detective novel continues to explore contemporary hot-button issues, as Ingrid Thoft illustrates in her latest exciting novel about Boston investigator Fina Ludlow. In "Duplicity,"...

Few singers illustrate the gulf between live and recorded music better than Delbert McClinton, whose gruff voice and blues-infused rock have always sounded best in a beer-splashed nightclub. But...

The organization that ensures animal safety in film and television productions said Wednesday it is investigating whether a frightened dog was forced into churning water during the making of "A Dog's...

Peter Swanson tells an engaging story of a woman battling severe anxiety who decides to radically change her life - and the horrifying results that follow - in "Her Every Fear." Kate Priddy lives...

Adele is set to take the stage at next month's Grammy Awards, where she is nominated for album, song and record of the year. The Recording Academy announced Friday that Adele will perform at the...

Ben Affleck is no doubt an ambitious and tasteful filmmaker, but he's gotten himself in a bit of hot water with the bloated period gangster epic "Live by Night ." It looks and sounds right and...

When African-American writer Crystal Wilkinson of Kentucky learned she won the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, she said she reverted to her 12-year-old self, shrieking and...

Malta's national dance company, ZfinMalta, flies to the UK tomorrow for its big debut. The sore muscles and blistered feet have paid off as it is quite a rare feat for such a young company...

"Toni Erdmann " is a hard film to love, but that might be the point. The German movie from the clearly talented and incisive writer/director Maren Ade seems like it should be a comedy - the...

To pigeonhole Douglas Preston a true-crime author is a gross understatement of his skills as a writer. Yes, his many best-sellers with Lincoln Child are fun, suspenseful romps chronicling the...