‘Pride And Prejudice’ Meets ‘Clue’ At ‘Pemberley’
During the 50-plus years that Agatha Christie actively reigned as “The Queen of Crime,” it became something of a tradition …
Judy Blume: Banned Often, But Widely Beloved
Judy Blume has been channeling the anxieties, dreams and secret thoughts of young readers for more than four decades. With …
Bob Costas Is Terribly Disappointed In Sports, Culture, And You
During Sunday night’s NBC broadcast of the Steelers-Chiefs game, Bob Costas took a moment to share some thoughts, which started …
Plot Driven: Alan Cheuse’s Top 5 Fiction Picks
This is always a promising season for readers. As leaves fall, good books pile up on your winter reading stack. …
Sandwich Monday: The Toast Sandwich
A team of scientists (really) has determined that a toast sandwich (really) is the UK’s cheapest meal. It’s a slice …
Controversial Film Director Ken Russell Dies At 84
The acclaimed, eccentric and polarizing British film director Ken Russell has died, after a series of strokes, at the age …
Danny Burstein On Living Up To Sondheim’s ‘Follies’
Before he was cast in the Broadway revival of Follies, actor Danny Burstein had never seen Stephen Sondheim’s famous musical, …
Performances: Michelle Williams Teases Out The Lie Of ‘My Week With Marilyn’
As we head into the heaviest-duty part of Oscar bait season, we’re going to look at some of the performances …
Sherlockian Mysteries That Will Keep You Tied Up
“The game’s afoot, Watson!” Indeed, for Sherlockians, 2011 certainly feels like a year when the literary “game” of exploring the …
Dusting Off A Gritty, Glamorous California Classic
Hector Tobar is a novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. People think of Los Angeles as a city without a past. …
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