Céline Sciamma's " Petite Maman " couldn't be more different in scope and scale from "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." There are no castles, or corsets or waves crashing up against craggy cliffs....

Banned Books Week comes amid regular high-profile efforts to remove allegedly controversial or inappropriate reading material from libraries and schools. Nowadays, the small groups of parents who...

For comedians of a certain age, there was one album that was worn out on the turntable, dutifully memorized and acted out. That was George Carlin's signature "Class Clown." "The way George Carlin...

"Renaissance," Beyoncé (Columbia Records) Beyoncé has been reborn again; this time it's on a shimmering dance floor. But in her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," she has...

Mark Wahlberg is offering us a gift as sweet as a box of Peeps or a chocolate rabbit — and just as nutritious. "Father Stu" is a loving biopic of a one-time real-life hell-raising,...

In a memoir Anne Heche worked on over the past year, the actor shared candid thoughts on her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood's first openly gay...

A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, spanning generations, nationalities and creeds, stands witness to the countless...

Few can say they have had the thrill of discovering and handling an actual treasure. David Ellul can certainly claim so, after encountering a cache of drawings, records, journals and countless other...

John C. Reilly remembered being enthralled watching "Showtime" basketball with Magic Johnson's no-look passes and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's patented skyhook, but the actor never really knew the backstory...

"Mercury — Act 2," Imagine Dragons (Interscope) If you were hiding under your bed after listening to the last album by Imagine Dragons, it's time to come out. The second volume of "Mercury"...