Kay Cannon, a performer, screenwriter, producer and three-time Emmy nominee, had never directed anything before "Blockers," an R-rated teen sex comedy that Universal Pictures is releasing wide...

"This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today" (Dey Street Books), by Chrissy Metz When Chrissy Metz was her sister's chaperon at a local talent event in Florida, she never imagined that she would...

There is an out-of-body melancholy that sets in about three quarters of the way through Wes Anderson's ninth feature "Isle of Dogs." Yes, you will be inexplicably wrapped up in the drama of a...

"Rocket Men" (Random House), by Robert Kurson The first astronauts to orbit the moon ended their 1968 Christmas Eve television broadcast with a personal message for the people of Earth. No...

Johann Johannsson, "Englaborn & Variations" (Deutsche Grammophon) "Englaborn" was Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson's debut album, first issued in 2002. Best known for his soundtracks,...

"Why can't we go backward for once?" wonders the protagonist of "Ready Player One" shortly before gunning his "Back to the Future" DeLorean in reverse. "Really put the pedal to the...

Jack White, "Boarding House Reach" (Third Man) For his third solo album, Jack White, the mad scientist of rock, got out of his comfort zone. Mind you, his comfort zone would make a lot of...

In Ernest Cline's novel "Ready Player One," the main character drives a DeLorean because of "Back to the Future," and uses a grail diary because of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." The films of...

By the time Nashville songwriter Travis Meadows took the stage on a recent Sunday afternoon, more than 500 music fans had found their way 333 feet (100 meters) below the ground, some taller guests...

Cloris Leachman is 91-years-old and still as busy as ever in Hollywood. The Oscar and multiple Emmy-winner has a hit movie out, the faith-based film "I Can Only Imagine," about the story behind...