If you hear the name Beyonce and think, “really famous singer,” then congratulations! You live on planet Earth. If you also think, “giant metal chicken,” then you’re...

Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek effortlessly slips into parts as varied as a psycho high-schooler (“Carrie”), country singer Loretta Lynn (“Coal Miner’s Daughter”) and a m...

Michael Lind sees politics and economics not as right vs. left, but as pro-business Hamiltonians vs. overly regulatory Jeffersonians. In his new book, “Land of Promise: An E...

In 1961, an unusual children’s book was published. Written by architect Norton Juster and illustrated by his friend and Brooklyn neighbor Jules Feiffer, “The Phantom Tollb...

Known for both her easygoing demeanor and her easy-to-prep Mediterranean recipes, Giada De Laurentiis is best known as the Food Network’s “Everyday Italian” host. But in...

The end of the world is coming! Eventually! And it will end with trumpets blaring and horsemen riding across the sky. Except probably not, says religion scholar Elaine Pagels,...

Yes, he’s that wiseacre from VH1. But there’s so much more to the man best-known for his work with sketch troupe the State and for hosting multiple editions of the “I Lo...

“Watergate” is the fourth novel Thomas Mallon has set inside the Beltway, and it’s certainly the most ambitious. The novelist, who has lived in Washington for nearly a d...

As the daughter of a White House social secretary, Ali Wentworth grew up in propriety and privilege. It doesn’t seem a natural jumping-off point for portraying Cher on “In...

The heroines of Brit chick-lit goddess Sophie Kinsella overbuy at Barneys, suffer from spates of amnesia and are forever messing up at work. Yet this doesn’t keep them from ...

When 15-year-old Eddie Joseph joined the Black Panthers in 1968, he expected to receive a gun and orders to start the revolution. Martin Luther King Jr. had recently been assa...

In its 30-year history, the Glock has made an indelible mark on the gun industry — and American culture. In his new book, “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun,” Paul M. B...

Dressing windows at Barneys. Penning books. Helping deck the White House for Christmas. Fashion guru Simon Doonan seems to spread style everywhere — and to look thin and hip...

Jodi Kantor’s “The Obamas” ($30, Little, Brown and Company) was embargoed until Jan. 10. That didn’t stop politics junkies from buzzing about it weeks in advance. Kant...

Reverend Billy has hair so high it practically touches heaven. He wears a white suit and a collar that marks him as a man of God. Reverend Billy is not afraid to holler at you...