Trey Songz, "Trigga" (Atlantic Records)   Six albums in and making R&B hits almost seems too easy for Trey Songz.   He's got the vocals of a crooner with the...

Terry Notary is Hollywood's human shape-shifter. In a blink, he can become an elf, an ape or almost any other moving creature.   An expert in motion-capture performance, he specializes...

"The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara" (Del Rey), by Terry Brooks   Terry Brooks is a grandmaster of the fantasy genre, and his latest will both captivate and...

The component books of this Oliver Friggieri trilogy had come out singly – It-Tfal jigu bil-vapuri; La jibbnazza nigi lura and Dik id-dghajsa f’nofs il-port. They had also been translated...

A fresh Pink Floyd album is on the way — 20 years after the band last released new material.   Spokesman Doug Wright confirmed Monday that "The Endless River" will be...

Meet Tammy. Boy, is she a mess. Angry, profane and aggressive, then suddenly shy and sweet. Sometimes she's funny, sometimes totally not. She can't figure out what she wants to do or be, or...

"Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight" (St. Martin's Press), by Jay Barbree   This is not a definitive biography of the man who first walked on the moon. It's not even...

For years, Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show has been thanking Bob Dylan from afar for "Wagon Wheel," the multiplatinum hit based on an unfinished Dylan song. The Americana band made it...

Don't hate Halle Berry because she's beautiful.   She's certainly a welcome TV presence this summer as the star of "Extant," a 13-episode thriller on CBS where she...

"The Great Glass Sea" (Grove Press), by Josh Weil   Twin brothers Yarik and Dima were virtual lookalikes as boys growing up in rural Russia. Their joys and dreams entwined. Often...