"Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps" (The Penguin Press), by Dave Isay   Ten years ago this month a small sound studio opened in...

Gyptian, "Sex, Love & Reggae" (VP Records)   After the Nicki Minaj-assisted 2010 hit, "Hold You," reggae star Gyptian returns with his fourth album, which is a subtle...

Ripped from headlines that still feel wet, "The Fifth Estate" dramatizes the fast, controversial rise of anonymous-whistleblower website WikiLeaks and its figurehead, Julian...

"Command and Control" (The Penguin Press), by Eric Schlosser   Three days after John. F. Kennedy's inauguration, a B-52 went into an uncontrolled spin above North Carolina,...

Malta hosted 32 choirs between 31 October and 3 November for the 5th Edition of the Malta International Choirs’ Festival. Choirs arrived from different countries and were taking part in 14...

Natalie Portman says hitting Chris Hemsworth was "one small slap for womankind."   The actress, who reprises her role as Jane Foster in "Thor: The Dark World," gives the...

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What floats your boat?   Do you like your movies with dialogue, multiple characters, complex story lines — you know, stuff? Or can a film without the benefit of such things fill your...

"The Goldfinch" (Little, Brown & Co.), by Donna Tartt   This absorbing novel begins when an ordinary excursion to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City by 13-year-old...

Scotty McCreery, "See You Tonight" (19/Mercury Nashville)   The first "American Idol" victor born in the 1990s, Scotty McCreery turned 20 the week before releasing...