"Johnny Carson" (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Henry Bushkin   Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned.   "You must never, ever repeat a word from last...

Willie Nelson, "To All The Girls ." (Sony Legacy)   Willie Nelson's "To All The Girls .," an album of duets with female partners, is custom-made for the download age....

When working with spirited child actors, directors often keep a few tricks up their sleeves.   For George Tillman Jr., directing 14-year-old Skylan Brooks and 11-year-old Ethan Dizon, the...

The sword of La Valette, which has long created a controversy whether it should be sent back to Malta or not, was stolen from the Louvre, in France! The sword and accompanying poniard were given to...

Linda Thompson, "Won't Be Long Now" (Pettifer Sounds)   Linda Thompson briefly plays the role of proud parent on her new album, happily slipping into the background while her...

Robert Rodriguez's "Machete Kills" is a sequel based on an end-credits joke from a film that was itself based on a joke trailer contained within a half-joke grindhouse homage. Exactly...

A leading Roman Catholic commentator and founder of a pro-Catholic media organization has landed a deal to write a "full-scale" biography of Pope Francis.   Publisher Henry Holt...

New Orleans hip-hop artist Big Freedia is twerking his way to TV screens.   The openly gay rapper, a representative of the city's vibrant underground musicscene, debuted his weekly...

"Fifty Shades of Grey" has its male lead, again.   Jamie Dornan has been cast as Christian Grey, the lead role that Charlie Hunnam withdrew from recently. Dornan will star...

Along with writing novels, stories, poems and essays, Alice Walker has been keeping a diary.   The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Color Purple" has a deal with Simon...