The lurid celebrity and sordid aftermath of the brief career of the world's first porn star is vividly, if not explicitly, etched in "Lovelace." Given all the ways a project like this...

"The Highway" (Minotaur), by C.J. Box   Sixteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan is book-smart and resourceful, but her 18-year-old sister, Danielle, is impetuous, self-involved and...

Snow and frigid temperatures didn't stop thousands of screaming teenagers from crowding into the Washington Coliseum in the nation's capital for the Beatles first live concert on American...

Angelina Jolie cast a spell on the crowd at the D23 Expo.   The star of the upcoming film "Maleficent" appeared on stage at the Disney extravaganza for a Saturday presentation...

"Light of the World" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke   The themes in James Lee Burke's lyrical, allegorical crime novels rarely change, but each new book delves more...

K.T. Tunstall, "Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon" (Blue Note)   "We are fighters in our prime," K.T. Tunstall sings to her father on her new album, and the words resonate...

Of all the movie villains we've met lately, few are stranger than Delacourt, Jodie Foster's evil, white-blonde, power-suited and power-hungry defense official in "Elysium," the...

"Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance" (The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins), by Benjamin Gilmour   Benjamin Gilmour's book "Paramedico" explores the...

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Robin Thicke is enjoying a pop culture moment with the upbeat Marvin Gaye-esque single "Blurred Lines," but the song didn't click with his record label when he previewed it last...