Arts & Lifestyle News

October 05, 2017

Stolen Rockwell painting returned to family set for auction

A Norman Rockwell painting recently returned to a family after it was stolen from their New Jersey home more than 40 years ...

October 04, 2017

Ona Judge: The slave who ran away from George Washington

Stepping off a boat in a New Hampshire port in 1796, 22-year-old Ona Judge was on the run from the family of President George ...

October 04, 2017

Correction: Kennedy-Auction story

In a story Sept. 27 about an auction of memorabilia from the late President John F. Kennedy and CIA operative Francis Gary ...

October 04, 2017

Sales pick up for Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing England'

After a slow start, at least for Bill O'Reilly, his new book is gaining momentum. O'Reilly's "Killing England" had increased ...

October 04, 2017

Joe Biden writing foreword for transgender activist's memoir

Former Vice President Joe Biden is writing the foreword to a memoir by transgender activist Sarah McBride, who made history ...

October 04, 2017

Coates promotes new book 'We Were Eight Years in Power'

On publication day for his new book, Ta-Nehisi Coates had personal and political thoughts to share. The award-winning author ...

October 03, 2017

Gut renovation plan for New York Philharmonic home scrapped

The New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center have abandoned a long-planned gut renovation of the orchestra's home. A $100 ...

October 03, 2017

US museum to return WWI soldier's skull to Australian Army

A Philadelphia medical museum said Tuesday it will return the skull of an Australian soldier who was killed in World War I ...

October 03, 2017

Review: 'Fire Road' adds napalm girl's voice to famous photo

"Fire Road" (Tyndale Momentum), by Kim Phuc Phan Thi In many ways, Kim Phuc has never left Route 1 in Vietnam, the highway ...

October 03, 2017

The top 10 audiobooks on Audible.com

Audible.com best-sellers for week ending September 29: Fiction 1. Sleeping Beauties: A Novel by Stephen King and Owen King, ...

October 03, 2017

Cummings tells us how she's really doing in 'I'm Fine'

"I'm Fine ... And Other Lies" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Whitney Cummings Whitney Cummings is a stand-up comedian, co-creator ...

October 03, 2017

LA Coliseum panel to get $3.5M in corruption settlement

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission will receive $3.5 million in a settlement with a rave promoter, bringing to an ...

October 03, 2017

Dan Brown talks religion, science and his new novel

Dan Brown is once again taking on the big questions. "Will God survive science?" asks the author of the blockbuster "The Da ...

October 03, 2017

Recent wave of WWII memoirs may also be the last

Don Stratton, one of the few remaining surviving veterans from the bombing of Pearl Harbor, had been holding on to his ...

October 03, 2017

But seriously ... Trevor Noah wins Thurber humor award

Trevor Noah is so funny he's getting an award. "The Daily Show" host's memoir "Born a Crime" has won the Thurber Prize for ...

October 02, 2017

Review: Superman, Spiderman creators slug it out for decades

"Slugfest" (Da Capo Press), by Reed Tucker Marvel is arguably king of the comics world now. But it used to be a bottom ...

October 02, 2017

Google spikes free-article requirements on publishers

Google is ending a decade-old policy that required publishers to provide some free stories to Google users —though it's not ...

October 02, 2017

Sarah Bailey's 'Dark Lake' has solid character development

"The Dark Lake" (Grand Central Publishing), by Sarah Bailey Some high school memories remain into adulthood, returning to ...

October 02, 2017

Saratoga's oldest hotel opens after 4-year, $24M facelift

A 140-year-old Victorian-era hotel in a popular upstate New York tourist destination has reopened after a four-year, $24 ...