A new Netflix reality series following the lavish lives of nine wealthy, light-skinned socialites in Mexico City has provoked a backlash from critics who say it's tone-deaf in a country where most...

Despite making three albums of baseball-themed songs with some friends, Peter Buck isn't much of a fan. He does, however, have the savvy of a veteran ballplayer. Following his instincts led to...

When actress Scarlett Johansson reversed course recently and canceled plans to play a transgender man in the film "Rub & Tug," transgender actors like Scott Turner Schofield were gratified —...

"Judas" (Mulholland Books), by Astrid Holleeder Astrid Holleeder had a choice to make. She could continue living as a virtual slave to her brother, Willem Holleeder, or she could risk her life...

John Krasinski comes across in conversation as a disarming match to his screen image, the sort of easy-going, decent guy he played on TV's "The Office" and in the romantic comedy "Away We...

Neil Diamond may have retired from the road due to Parkinson's disease, but he said he's working hard to get back onstage. "Well, I'm doing pretty well. I'm active. I take my meds. I do my...

"Juliet, Naked " is a charming and smart little film about early middle age, second chances, regrets and the intoxicating freedom of written correspondence that's nearly impossible to explain without...

Have you noticed something oddly tranquil about this summer movie season? For the first time in recent memory, there hasn't been one major bomb. Usually by now, there would be blockbuster-sized...

The themes and trappings are familiar for an Ernest Hemingway narrative: Paris, wartime, talk of books and wine and the scars of battle. But the story itself has been little known beyond the...

We have just honoured the Great Siege, as we do every year, with a public holiday. Many of us have a vague idea how the siege developed, from May to September 1565 but few of us understand the real...