Kylie Minogue, "Golden" (BMG) It was bound to happen eventually. Don't even pretend to be surprised: Kylie Minogue, the pop goddess from Australia, has gone country. Hey, if Justin Timberlake and...

Let's start with a popcorn warning. If you're bringing your usual tub of multiplex popcorn into "A Quiet Place," just be aware that you'll be hearing every single crunch. That's because much of...

Shaquille O'Neal called himself "The Big Baryshnikov" and "The Big Socrates" in his days in the NBA. Now he can add "The Big Shakespeare." The basketball Hall-of-Famer, TNT TV analyst, commercial...

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land" (Anti-Records) With a Grammy for best blues album in their pocket for 2014's "Get Up!" Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite put...

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...

A lot has changed since the three hosts of Showtime's "The Circus" shared duck at Washington's Momofuku restaurant at the end of the show's last season. Seemingly half of the White House staff,...

Country singer Ashley McBryde has been hearing the critics since she was a kid. "I am the youngest of six. There's the smart one and the pretty one and I am the loud one," McBryde said with a...

Nia Long plays Roxanne Shante's mother in a new docudrama on the rap pioneer's life, but when the actress and Shante sit down to chat in real life, their bond reveals itself to be almost...

Netflix's video-streaming service has been thriving for so long that other companies are striving to duplicate its success in other kinds of digital entertainment and content. Spotify's...

Bettye LaVette, "Things Have Changed" (Verve Records) There are enough cover versions of Bob Dylan songs for a lifetime but Bettye LaVette's own dozen are a truly special kind. She doesn't simply...