Swedish director Roy Andersson won the Venice FilmFestival's Golden Lion on Saturday for his absurdist drama "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence." That counts as a...

"Seven Wonders" (Running Press), by Ben Mezrich   Ben Mezrich, known for his non-fiction best-sellers "The Accidental Billionaires" and "Bringing Down the...

Miranda Lambert released the most ambitious album of her career earlier this year and Country Music Association voters responded by giving her a record-tying load of...

"Very soon, this whole structure that we all love so much will be gone," prophesies Danny Huston's wide-grinning movie studio head in Ari Folman's "The...

A New York Times cultural reporter who has written extensively about Robin Williams is working on a book about the late actor-comedian.   Henry Holt and Co. announced Tuesday it...

"Original Sin" (Reputation Books), by D.P. Lyle   The dying old man on cardiac surgeon Lucy Wagner's operating table was bleeding out from an aortic aneurism. As she...

Maya Angelou's iconic words and lyrics will blend with hip-hop beats for a new album called "Caged Bird Songs."   Shawn Rivera, the lead singer of R&B group Az Yet, and...

In "The Longest Week," Jason Bateman plays a privileged, pampered, narcissistic New Yorker whose sole effort at productivity in life is his meandering work on a novel called "The...

"Personal" (Delacorte Press), by Lee Child   Jack Reacher reads an ad in a newspaper left on a bus and knows it was meant for him in "Personal," Lee Child's latest...

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