Arts & Lifestyle News

September 19, 2017

Jesmyn Ward is a finalist for the $50,000 Kirkus Prize

Jesmyn Ward's ghostly "Sing, Unburied, Sing" and Mohsin Hamid's acclaimed novel about refugees "Exit West" were among the ...

September 19, 2017

Words With Friends adds 50,000 pop culture words

Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part of its ...

September 19, 2017

Halle Berry sent '20 bottles of bourbon' thanks to Comic-Con stunt

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" star Halle Berry reveals she was sent 20 bottles of bourbon following her drinking stunt at the ...

September 19, 2017

Facebook may be facing an 'era of accountability'

The problems keep piling up for Facebook, and it's unclear how long the internet giant will be able to brush them aside as ...

September 19, 2017

Pierogis made for Broadway find new home in restaurant

Producers of the now-closed Broadway musical "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" are keeping enthusiasm in the show ...

September 18, 2017

PEN America among arts organizations opposing travel ban

PEN America and the Sundance Institute are among nearly 30 arts organizations that have filed a brief that calls on the ...

September 18, 2017

You'll laugh and cry through 'Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies'

"Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies" (Atria Books), by Michael Ausiello Michael Ausiello is a respected television journalist whose ...

September 18, 2017

ShowBiz Minute: Emmys, Lady Gaga, US Box Office

"The Handmaid's Tale" and "SNL" big Emmy winners; Lady Gaga postpones European leg of world tour; "It" stomps "mother!" with ...

September 18, 2017

Alice McDermott captures bygone era of Brooklyn

"The Ninth Hour" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Alice McDermott Alice McDermott's stunning new novel, "The Ninth Hour," does ...

September 18, 2017

Brooker: Emmy win 'like a nice version of a car crash'

Primetime Emmy-ceremony attendees enjoy food, drink and conversation at the Governors Ball, with "Black Mirror" creator ...

September 18, 2017

Review: Jussi Adler-Olsen returns with 'The Scarred Woman'

"The Scarred Woman" (Dutton), by Jussi Adler-Olsen Who is "The Scarred Woman"? That's a question you'll ask yourself as you ...

September 18, 2017

Former New York US Attorney Preet Bharara launching podcast

Former federal prosecutor and outspoken White House critic Preet Bharara is launching a podcast. Bharara (bahr-AHR'-ah) was ...

September 17, 2017

Exhibit allows virtual 'interviews' with Holocaust survivors

What was it like in a Nazi concentration camp? How did you survive? How has it affected your life since? Technology is ...

September 16, 2017

Lineup set for Columbus cartoon and comic strip festival

The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning is among the participants in an annual cartoon and comic ...

September 15, 2017

Women's Hall of Fame to induct 10, mark NY women's vote

The National Women's Hall of Fame will add 10 inductees this weekend while also celebrating the 100th anniversary of women ...

September 15, 2017

Jennifer Lawrence: 'he's coming around'

Jennifer Lawrence says boyfriend Darren Aronofsky is "coming around" to accepting her reality TV obsession.

September 15, 2017

Jennifer Egan, Jesmyn Ward are National Book Award nominees

Jennifer Egan and Jesmyn Ward, prize-winning authors with new novels out this fall, are on the fiction long list for the ...

September 15, 2017

ShowBiz Minute: Fergie, Lady Gaga, Rihanna

Fergie and Josh Duhamel separate after eight years of marriage; Gaga pulls out of Rock in Rio, posts photo of IV in her arm; ...

September 15, 2017

At more US colleges, video gamers get the varsity treatment

In some ways, they're like typical college athletes. They're on varsity teams. They train for hours between classes. Some get ...