While The Audience Turned Away, ‘American Idol’ Found Some Great Singers
This has not been a good season, ratings-wise, for American Idol. Despite new faces on the judging panel including Nicki …
‘Into Darkness,’ Boldly And With A Few Twists
Before I tell you about J.J. Abrams’ second Star Trek film, with its youngish new Starship Enterprise crew, let me …
A Farewell To ‘The Office’: The 10 Best Episodes
It really only hit yesterday: It’s the end of The Office. After nine seasons, Dunder Mifflin is going dark Thursday …
How To Put This ‘Delicate’-ly … Not Le Carre’s Best Work
Some novelists interest us because they turn the light of a style we enjoy on whatever subject they take up. …
Book News: Amazon’s Tiny Tax Payment Draws Fresh Scrutiny
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Amazon’s U.K. unit racked up sales of $6.5 …
Coming To ‘Americanah’: Two Tales Of Immigrant Experience
First things first: Can we talk about hair? Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a big knockout of a …
A Polley Family Secret, Deftly Pieced Together
Sarah Polley earned wide acclaim for directing the drama Away from Her, about a woman fading into the twilight of …
What’s On TV This Fall? The Networks Roll Out Their New Shows
This was the week of the broadcast network “upfront” presentations, which are the splashy ads for new programming that networks …
West Meets Midwest In Tom Drury’s Quirky ‘Pacific’
There are novels you read to find out what happens next, and novels you read to linger in the moment. …
Easy Rawlins Is Alive, Or Is He?
I’ve been following Easy Rawlins since reading Devil in a Blue Dress in the ’90s. That’s a lot of time …
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