Arts & Lifestyle News

September 26, 2017

Main character in Coben thriller is endearing, witty

"Don't Let Go" (Dutton), by Harlan Coben A New Jersey detective finds himself still haunted by events that occurred 15 years ...

September 26, 2017

Agreement reached to end strike by video-game voice actors

Video-game voice actors have agreed to end a nearly yearlong strike against several major gaming publishers. The actors union ...

September 25, 2017

Review: Perkins' novel is as eerie as it is delightful

"There's Someone Inside Your House" (Dutton Children's Books), by Stephanie Perkins In Stephanie Perkins' latest young adult ...

September 25, 2017

Air Force 1 replica takes visitors inside presidential 747

The image is among the most indelible of any American presidency: The commander-in-chief and first lady emerging with a wave ...

September 25, 2017

Douglas Brinkley to be presidential scholar for NY museum

One of the country's leading presidential experts has been named an in-house scholar for the New-York Historical Society.

September 25, 2017

Review: 'Sleeping Beauties' lacks page-turning intensity

"Sleeping Beauties" (Scribner), by Stephen and Owen King Of all the gifts a father can give his son, near the top must be a ...

September 23, 2017

On the road: Nobel laureate Soyinka to teach in South Africa

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says being a traveling teacher has become "a way of life" as he takes up a post as visiting ...

September 22, 2017

Batman comic series to feature scenery from Portland, Maine

Holy hometown, Batman! A highly anticipated Batman comic book series will have some locations that might look familiar to ...

September 22, 2017

Better late than never? Library book returned 78 years later

It took nearly 80 years, but a book borrowed during the Great Depression has been returned to a Massachusetts public library.

September 21, 2017

Lawmaker condemns student video depicting police beheading

A university student's video depicting the beheading of a police officer drew a strongly worded rebuke from a Wisconsin state ...

September 21, 2017

Papa Skarsgard's guide to parenting

Actor Stellan Skarsgard explains why he's proud of his eight children - including actors Bill, Alexander and Gustaf Skarsgard ...

September 21, 2017

New Ondaatje novel 'Warlight' coming in May

Michael Ondaatje (On-DAH-Chay), author of the acclaimed novel "The English Patient," is once again writing about World War II

September 21, 2017

Annie Proulx to receive honorary National Book Award

The Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards didn't prepare Annie Proulx for her latest honor: a National Book Award medal ...

September 21, 2017

Council urges Massachusetts museum to stop sale of art works

The Massachusetts Cultural Council is the latest organization to come out against a Pittsfield museum's plan to sell 40 works ...

September 21, 2017

Nobel Prize, JFK's chair, Trump wedding souvenir up for bid

A Nobel prize, a rocking chair commissioned by President John F. Kennedy and a souvenir from President Donald Trump's wedding ...

September 21, 2017

Fergie: Josh and I are still great friends

Fergie says she and Josh Duhamel may be splitting up but they're still close. The singer spoke about her breakup at a party ...

September 21, 2017

AP Exclusive: Clinton book has sold more than 300,000 copies

Hillary Clinton's "What Happened" had a big debut. Clinton's book, about her stunning presidential election loss in 2016 to ...

September 20, 2017

Lillian Ross, longtime New Yorker writer, dead at 99

Lillian Ross, the ever-watchful New Yorker reporter whose close narrative style defined a memorable and influential 70-year ...

September 20, 2017

Jasper Johns to leave Connecticut estate for artists retreat

Famed painter Jasper Johns is making plans for his rural estate in the Connecticut hills to become an artists' retreat after ...