Tracy Chevalier's "Girl With a Pearl Earring," which brought Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer to life, has become a near-classic in contemporary historical fiction. And her latest novel,...

Erin Boheme dropped off the radar after making an impressive debut as a traditional jazz singer at age 18. Seven years later, she's released "What A Life," the first album by another...

If "Side Effects" is indeed Steven Soderbergh's final film, as he's said it will be after toying with the notion of retirement for a couple of years now, then intriguingly it feels...

Brad Meltzer writes his first sequel, a follow-up to 2011's "The Inner Circle," and delivers one of his best books to date.   In "The Fifth Assassin," Meltzer...

Though she was first heard singing vocals for U.K. acts like Joker and SBTRKT, South Londoner Jessie Ware strikes out on her own — providing a much-needed injection into the British music scene...

It seems ironic that the title of the movie is "Identity Thief" when its co-stars have such a firm grasp on their well-established screen personae.   Melissa McCarthy is the brash...

What if, in trying to figure out the best way to lead our lives, we could conduct tests on the different methods?   According to author Jared Diamond, such trials are already taking place....

Lifelong friends Wilf (Billy Connolly) and Reggie (Tom Courtenay), together with former colleague Cissy (Pauline Collins), are residents of Beecham House, a home for retired opera singers. Every year...

Jimmy Bobo (Sylvester Stallone), a New Orleans hit man and Detective Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang), a New York City cop, form an alliance to brings down the killers of their respective...

Two years after The Joy Formidable barreled to the fringe of the rock mainstream with the lush and brute "The Big Roar," the Welsh trio returns with an even bigger and squalling encore....