The idea behind "Where'd You Go, Bernadette " is tantalizing — a woman goes missing and her 15-year-old daughter tries to piece together where she went. In the process, the daughter discovers a...

"The Grammarians: a Novel" (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG), by Cathleen Schine Cathleen Schine's captivating new novel, "The Grammarians," centers on a pair of identical twins named Daphne and Laurel,...

Who's that amazingly expressive actor they got to play Diego Maradona? The one you can't take your eyes off of, whose every facial muscle can project joy, pain, sadness, humor or anger from miles...

Jesse Malin, "Sunset Kids" (Wicked Cool/Velvet Elk) Straighten out the turns in Jesse Malin's career and you'll have yourself a long road. From his prepubescent start on the New York hardcore...

The daring story of how thousands of beleaguered Ethiopian Jews stranded in refugee camps in Sudan were bravely smuggled to safety in Israel in the 1980s needs little extra drama. Tell that to...

Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do to help my child become a better reader?”  I always give them the same advice:...

Members of Generation X may know Raúl Juliá for his energetic and playful role as Gomez Addams in the 1991 movie adaptation of "The Addams Family." Others may think of Juliá in...

Grammy-winning rapper Residente has some new collaborators on his upcoming album: scientists. The Puerto Rican performer said he studied intensely with professors at Yale University and New York...

Actress Isabela Moner says she didn't expect so much action when she signed up for "Dora and the Lost City of Gold ," the upcoming film about the adventurous Latina explorer. Moner said she...

This autumn, some of the timeliest and most topical books will be found in the fiction section. From Margaret Atwood's "The Testaments," her sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale," to Lucy Ellmann's...