Jay-Z, "Magna Carta Holy Grail" (Roc Nation/Universal)   Kanye didn't care about satisfying radio with his latest album.   Neither does Jay-Z.   "Magna...

There's something inherently formulaic about summer coming-of-age movies. A quirky, awkward and misunderstood kid takes a summer off from regular life and finds a way — at the beach or by...

"Let It Burn" (Minotaur), by Steve Hamilton.   Each Alex McKnight novel has revealed a little about the part-time private detective's troubled past: his failed marriage, his...

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Avery(asterisk)Sunshine may be a new voice to some, but the 38-year-old Atlanta artist hopes more fans will be saying her name after her debut performance Saturday at the Essence...

There's a limit, it turns out, to how much Johnny Depp and a bucket of makeup can accomplish.   In "The Lone Ranger," Gore Verbinski's flamboyant re-imagination of the...

"Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations" (Simon & Schuster), by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner   "I'm tired of remembering," actress Ava Gardner laments during one of...

Robert Plant knows his fans want Led Zeppelin and he's happy to comply. On his own terms.   Plant is on the road this summer with a new band, The Sensational Space Shifters, and he's...

Sting will hold 10 concerts in New York City this fall to benefit The Public Theater arts organization.   The singer announced Tuesday that he will perform at the 260-seat Anspacher Theater...

Staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" is refreshingly dumb.   Refreshing because carefree action absurdity, once the province of...