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...

La Roux, "Trouble in Paradise" (Interscope/Cherrytree)   Coming off an artistic hiatus after a widely acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning debut, La Roux returns in force with an...

British actor David Suchet has spent a quarter-century bringing to life a certain fussy Belgian sleuth with a mustache as impeccable as his intellect and crime-solving skills.   For...

His paintings made news worldwide, but it turns out that former President George W. Bush has been working on another, highly personal project since leaving the White House: He has quietly completed a...

The Austin, Texas-born band Spoon is out with its eighth album, "They Want My Soul." It's a lush jangle of guitars, smart lyrics and catchy refrains that continues to set the band apart...

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...