Arts & Lifestyle News

February 26, 2020

Soundtrack City: Nashville awash in video game scores

Electronic Arts’ Steve Schnur explains why Nashville has become a hotbed for soundtrack recording, especially for video games

February 26, 2020

Review: Author tells story of overcoming perfectionism

“Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism,” Harper, by Elizabeth Tallent In the 1980s, Elizabeth Tallent was a rising star in the ...

February 26, 2020

Review: P.I. Leonid McGill returns in `Trouble Is What I Do'

“Trouble Is What I Do,” Mulholland Books, by Walter Mosley Many years ago, a Mississippi bluesman named Catfish Worry had an ...

February 26, 2020

Review: Gardiner weaves horrifying tale in `Dark Corners'

“The Dark Corners of the Night,” Blackstone Publishing, by Meg Gardiner A terrifying killer that targets families by ...

February 26, 2020

ShowBiz Minute: Duffy, Disney, Harry

Singer Duffy says rape, captivity, led to her public retreat; Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement; The ...

February 26, 2020

Two Domingo accusers react to apology

In an interview with the Associated Press, two opera singers react to Placido Domingo's apology following allegations of ...

February 26, 2020

Next for Weinstein: Sentencing, appeal and another rape case

A day after a jury branded Harvey Weinstein a convicted rapist, the former film producer remained at a New York City hospital ...

February 26, 2020

Hot Pockets heir gets 5 months in prison for college scam

An heir to the Hot Pockets fortune was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday for trying to cheat and bribe her ...

February 26, 2020

Disney CEO Bob Iger steps down in surprise announcement

Disney CEO Bob Iger, who steered the company's absorption of Star Wars, Pixar, Marvel and Fox's entertainment businesses and ...

February 26, 2020

New Orleans celebrates end of Mardi Gras touched by tragedy

Dressed in sequined costumes, grooving to the rhythm of marching bands and clutching at strands of shiny beads, people in New ...

February 25, 2020

Brazilian politicians avoid Carnival as they become targets

At Rio’s annual Carnival celebration Monday night, comedian and composer Marcelo Adnet stood atop a float for the Sao ...

February 25, 2020

Review: Wayne does good job building suspense in `Apartment'

“Apartment,” Bloomsbury, by Teddy Wayne Teddy Wayne has written another campus novel. Coming on the heels of his ...

February 25, 2020

Review: Little's 'Pretty as a Picture' is captivating novel

“Pretty as a Picture,” Viking, by Elizabeth Little A film set located on a small remote island off the coast of Delaware ...

February 25, 2020

Ben Lerner, Zadie Smith on list for Rathbones Folio Prize

Works of fiction by Ben Lerner and Zadie Smith and an exploration of why women join the Islamic State group are among eight ...

February 25, 2020

Review: `Broken Faith' looks inside Word of Faith Fellowship

"Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America’s Most Dangerous Cults,” Hanover Square Press, by Mitch ...

February 25, 2020

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Fiction: 1. Cut and Run: A Light-Hearted Dark Comedy by Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, narrated by Meg Ryan, D’Arcy Carden, Sam ...

February 25, 2020

New Oliver Jeffers book, 'What We'll Build,' out Oct. 6

Oliver Jeffers worked on his new picture book with a child in mind — his own. Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young ...

February 25, 2020

Apple Books US Bestseller List - 02/23/20 - Paid Books

1. One Minute Out by Mark Greaney - 9780593098929 - (Penguin Publishing Group) 2. Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas - ...

February 25, 2020

Influential music educator Johnny M. Long dead at 94

Johnny M. Long, a leading U.S. music educator and the longtime leader of Troy University's band, has died, the school said ...

February 25, 2020

Weinstein case could influence other sex crime prosecutions

New York prosecutors are hailing Harvey Weinstein's conviction as a pivotal moment that could change the way the legal system ...