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...

The first act of the Oscar season is playing out like an episode of "Survivor."   Several anticipated films planned to be released in the heart of awards season have picked up...

"Swingland: Between the Sheets of the Secretive, Sometimes Messy, but Always Adventurous Swinging Lifestyle" (Touchstone), by Daniel Stern   Sexual healing comes in all forms. In...

Paul McCartney, "New" (Hear Music)   For his 16th solo record, and first of original material in six years, Paul McCartney turned to a team of four hot producers to come up with...

"You will know her name," scream the posters for the new big-screen version of "Carrie," as if anyone could forget it after seeing Brian De Palma's brilliant 1976 movie or...

"The Double" (Little, Brown and Co.), by George Pelecanos   Spero Lucas joined the Marines, got shipped off to Iraq, fought house-to-house in Fallujah and came home in one piece to...

Katy Perry, "Prism" (Capitol Records)   Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" was perfect pop pleasantry, full of back-to-back hits that were oh-so-fun and addictive, fused...

Joven Grech and Cyprian Cassar, better known as the trance music duo Tenishia, have once again made it to the top 100 world DJs list of the influential UK-based DJ Magazine. An estimated 35,000 DJs...

"Blue is the Warmest Color" arrives in the United States from France this week — and it's bringing along some baggage.   On the plus side, the intense and soulful lesbian...

Horizons has just published Budulienko, is a modern poetic remake of a classic Czech folk tale, told from generation to generation. The story – in Maltese and English - revolves around a little...