In December 2013, she inspired millions with her TED Talk. Now Lizzie Velasquez, once called "the world's ugliest woman," hopes to reach an even-wider audience through an anti-bullying...

Coldplay, "Ghost Stories" (Parlophone/Atlantic)   Chris Martin's breakup album deals with love and loss in generalities rather than specifics. But then, not many words rhyme...

If it wasn't for the charming top-liners who can make literary dialogue sound sexy in their sleep, the war in Fred Schepisi's "Words and Pictures" would have to be called off after...

"Voodoo Ridge" (The Permanent Press), by David Freed   For once, Cordell Logan, ex-military assassin turned flight instructor, is happy. After years of trying, he finally has...

Afrojack, "Forget the World" (Def Jam)   Electronic dance music favorite Afrojack wants to make people dance and it's mission accomplished (if you're under 25) with his...

The richly ruminative Chekhovian drama "Winter Sleep" was awarded the Palme d'Or on Saturday, bestowing the Cannes Film Festival's top honor on an intimate, wintery epic...

"The Skin Collector" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeffery Deaver   Jeffery Deaver brings back detective Lincoln Rhyme in his tense new thriller, "The Skin...

Little Dragon, "Nabuma Rubberband" (Seven Four Entertainment/Republic)   Three years after the release of its 2011 breakthrough, Little Dragon returns with the quirky sounding and...

Floating in past a misty Statue of Liberty, James Gray's "The Immigrant" somberly gathers its majesty as a metaphor-rich story of passage and survival. It's an old tale told with...

"The Lincoln Myth" (Ballantine Books), by Steve Berry   A quick favor plunges former government agent Cotton Malone into a conspiracy with ties to both his personal life and a...