The occasion which brought about the present volume was the commemoration, in 2012, of the 125th anniversary of the renaming of Gozo’s Rabat to Victoria.   Maybe, as the book amply...

Attention pop stars: If "Weird Al" Yankovic shows up at your concert or has tracked down your personal email address, you're likely his next parody conquest.   Such was the...

Visiting a retired Frank Capra at his Sierra Nevada hideaway, Clint Eastwood was baffled.   "I always thought: 'He could be making a film right now. He's as lucid as could be....

Six seconds isn't a long time, but Vine superstar Shawn Mendes made the time count when posting cover songs on the social media platform.   The teen singer says he would pick the hits he...

Throughout his long career, Woody Allen has been fascinated by magic, a theme he's explored frequently onscreen: playing a magician in "Scoop," sending Owen Wilson on time travel in...

Jack Clement, "For Once and For All" (I.R.S. Nashville)   Jack Clement was a court jester who emphasized the joy and camaraderie of making music. A member of the Country Music Hall...

He was South Africa's last white president, overshadowed by Nelson Mandela when they plotted the historic transition to a multi-racial democracy for which both men won the Nobel Peace Prize in...

"The Bone Orchard" (Minotaur Books), by Paul Doiron   Mike Bowditch's recklessness and insubordination, along with his struggle with a series of personal tragedies, seemed to...

Drenge, "Drenge" (Infectious Music)   British rock duo Drenge's self-titled debut is pretty much perfect.   That's not a word critics of any kind should throw...

The high-concept comedies spawned by "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" need to start using birth control.   Judd Apatow's landmark film rightfully ushered in a new era in comedy, but it...