"Into the Storm" is a movie that addresses the fearsome power of nature. Alas, it also addresses the fearsome power of a bad script to distract us from the fearsome power of...

Billy Joe Shaver, "Long In The Tooth" (Lightning Rod)   Old cowboys love to lament that contemporary country music's in a sorry state and guilty of casting aside sage singers...

Rebooting the popular franchise after Paramount acquired the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" rights, producer Michael Bay and director Jonathan Liebesman have taken on a full recap of the...

He is 86 years old, his eyesight is failing and much of his recent work reads like a man saying goodbye.   But W.S. Merwin continues to write poems; he cannot help...

In just four years, One Direction has cultivated a feverish fan base so strong, the boy band can sell out U.S. stadiums, a feat that mirrors 'N Sync's success more than a decade ago, and an...

Take one Oscar-winning British actress. Add an appealing supporting cast. Lather on the picturesque French countryside. Sprinkle liberally with gorgeous food shots, from bubbling, spicy Indian...

"City of Ghosts" (Minotaur), by Kelli Stanley   A love of San Francisco — its flaws, strengths and eccentricities — permeates Kelli Stanley's intriguing novels...

Jack Antonoff is spinning off from his chart-topping band fun., but he's recruited some big-time backup for his solo side project: Yoko Ono and Lena Dunham.   The 30-year-old guitarist...

There's a delicious moment in "Get On Up," Tate Taylor's new James Brown biopic, when Brown — played by Chadwick Boseman, in a thrillingly magnetic performance — is about...

A novel completed by Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos shortly before his death last year will be published in late 2015.   Grand Central Publisher announced Wednesday it has acquired...