So goes the ending of the 1941 Orson Welles classic "Citizen Kane," spoilers be damned!   Revealing secret endings and plot twists has brought on wrath since the dawn of cinema,...

"Doctor Sleep" (Scribner), by Stephen King.   Consider this the sequel you never knew you were waiting for, but will be very glad it arrived.   Thirty-six years after...

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The Kings of Leon are having a great time. Problem is, no one really believes them.   A very public meltdown in Dallas in 2011 led to some acrimonious tweets, the cancellation of 26 concert...

Jon Martello's relentless libido has a comic math to it.   At the club, Jon (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and his pals rate girls on a scale of one to "a dime." He keeps a weekly...

"The Lowland: A Novel" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Jhumpa Lahiri   If you're one of Jhumpa Lahiri's many adoring fans, someone who is always impatient for her next book, I'm...

Sophie DeBattista, the Maltese singer who is based in London, has been given the big thumbs up by judges at the Open Mic UK auditions. Along with other impressive acts, the emerging 19 year old...

Three years after the Kings of Leon's last record, the edgy, gravely rock foursome return in top shape with "Mechanical Bull."   The album takes the band's unique sound...

Beholding the late James Gandolfini doing a lovely job in a change-of-pace role significantly intensifies the already funny/sad aspects of "Enough Said," an engaging comic romance set amid...

"Jim Henson: The Biography" (Ballantine Books), by Brian Jay Jones.   If ever you had a single question about the felt magic Jim Henson managed to create, chances are Brian Jay...