A melee has broken out in the boxing film. The genre's ring is so crowded, a fighter leaning back for a left hook might inadvertently sock the wrong opponent. Training montages could be combined to...

When Rachel Stewart was a rising senior at Bellbrook High School in Ohio, her assigned reading for AP Literature included a work of criticism that she dreaded getting through: "How to Read Literature...

The most famous head of hair in rock 'n' roll is short and gray these days, and its owner no longer writes songs about runaways, blood red nails, cowboys or New Jersey mating rituals. But more...

J.K. Rowling, embarking on her new, post-Potter blockbuster franchise with "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," has said herself that her screenplay, which she began several years ago, was...

Anna Kendrick has charmed her fans in films such as "Up in the Air," ''Into the Woods" and "Pitch Perfect." In "Scrappy Little Nobody," Kendrick tells how she shaped her career by being irritatingly...

The 65-year-old singer-songwriter emerged in the 1970s as a punk rocker, gained acclaim as a soulful Texas-based alt-country star and has been holding down the roots rock mantle for years. The styles...

Warren Beatty doesn't want us to regard "Rules Don't Apply," in which he stars as Howard Hughes, as a Howard Hughes film. It's actually a movie about late '50s Hollywood, he says, and the...

In a book published this fall, "The Carnival Campaign," author Ronald G. Shafer reflects on the race in 1840 that laid the groundwork for today's songs and speeches, insults and branding, rumors about...

Frontman Josh Hodges takes command on STRFKR's 4th album, shaping the dance grooves into a relaxed, joyous flow. Written during a stint in the California desert outpost of Joshua Tree, Hodges'...

Just in time for Halloween comes a new documentary focusing on one of Earth's most frightening treats - volcanos. Even better, swashbuckling director and writer Werner Herzog is the filmmaker, so it's...