"Sisterland" (Random House), by Curtis Sittenfeld   To characterize Curtis Sittenfeld's new novel, "Sisterland," as an ideal beach read isn't meant as an insult....

Though his party boy character Vincent Chase on all eight seasons of "Entourage" savored life in the limelight, Adrian Grenier says he's quite content to be on the other side of the...

"Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey" (PublicAffairs), by Peter Carlson   Among the tens of thousands of books written about the American...

The music world mourned the loss of one its most creative drummers following the death of former Devo member Alan Myers last week.   The percussionist with the band who spearheaded the New...

The twelfth appointment of Hard Rock Afterdark will feature No Snow / No Alps live on Saturday 13 July at Hard Rock Café.   Now based in Copenhagen, No Snow / No Alps will be return...

I am Eleanor Webb. I throw my story to the wind." So says the ancient child-woman played by Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium." In a sense that's what director Neil Jordan and...

"Children of the Jacaranda Tree" (Atria Books), by Sahar Delijani   Let's get one thing out of the way: I admire Sahar Delijani for taking on post-revolutionary Iran as the...

"Beverly Hills Cop." ''Lethal Weapon." ''48 Hours." ''Tango & Cash." The buddy cop movie is a reliable mainstay of our popular culture. And the...

"Crime of Privilege" (Ballantine Books), by Walter Walker   How much wealth does it take to be above the law? What rules come with being a member of the privileged class? Those are...

Gone are the prim (but stylish) Dior suits and sheath dresses worn by the first lady of France. Carla Bruni is back in pop-star mode, in a uniform of skinny jeans and cute little boots, toting a...