Jonny Fritz left Nashville, he said, because it "had gotten too LA for me." So naturally he went to Los Angeles. That's the kind of offbeat logic we've come to expect from Fritz, whose campy...

By a twist of fate, there are two infernos you can submerge yourself in this weekend. You can either take the Dan Brown audio tour of Florence and Dante's Divine Comedy in Ron Howard's adaptation of...

The creator-star of NBC's "The Carmichael Show" has signed to write his first book. The as-yet-untitled memoir will explore his life through the framework of the personal interactions that have...

The music business is littered with folks named Jones - there's Tom Jones, Norah Jones, Rickie Lee Jones and Howard Jones, for starters. So make room for another, the all-capital JONES. That's...

You wouldn't know it to see her. The Irish and Ethiopian actress, soon to be known for a star-making performance in the new film "Loving," looks put-together. But behind the smile and the...

In 1912, the black residents of Forsyth County, Georgia, were driven from their homes by violence and threats of violence from their white neighbors. More than 1,000 people fled the county, leaving it...

Rick Astley exiled himself from music for a good part of the last three decades, but he never really left pop's consciousness. For one, hits like "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "It Would Take A...

It's not the acting or the action that makes "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back" inferior to the original 2012 hit. It's the story. The first film, "Jack Reacher," established the title character as a...

Maddie Dawson writes a charming story about family in her new novel, "The Survivor's Guide to Family Happiness." Readers are transported back and forth between a mother who gave up her baby for...

Phish will not be remembered for its studio releases and "Big Boat" shows why. Bookended with a couple of duds, obfuscating some real gems in between, the Vermont-based jam band's 13th official...