Arts
Bidding Farewell To 'Hello, Dolly!': Actress Carol Channing Dies At 97
Channing's big break came in 1949 when she was cast as Lorelei Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. But she'll always be remembered for her role as a life-loving matchmaker and "meddler" in Hello, Dolly!
Everyone Is A Traveler As The CW Returns To 'Roswell, New Mexico'
In a reboot of the late-'90s drama, three secret space aliens struggle to hide their secret in a town trained to look for them. And believe it or not, it's a solid show.
'Inheritance' Investigates A Family Secret, With Self-Discovery At The Core
Dani Shapiro, at age 54, is shocked to learn that the man she thought was her biological father wasn't a blood relative. Her memoir, a quest for the truth, reads like an emotional detective story.
'Muhammad: Forty Introductions' Isn't Setting Out To Satisfy
Michael Muhammad Knight's new book on the religious figure is designed to seduce, educate, and irritate its audience into curiosity about Islam and Muhammad — and on all three fronts it succeeds.
A Surgeon Reflects On Death, Life And The 'Incredible Gift' Of Organ Transplant
Joshua Mezrich has performed hundreds of kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. He shares stories from the operating room in his book, When Death Becomes Life.
'The Passage' Keeps Its Viral Vamps Waiting In The Wings, For Now
This FOX series based on the Justin Cronin trilogy combines the pulpiest elements of science-gone-awry thrillers with shlocky creature-features, but — early on at least — skimps on the fun.
New Recording Of 'Doctor Atomic' May Be The Opera's Definitive Performance
John Adams' opera, which premiered in 2005, centers on the first atomic bomb test at Los Alamos, N.M. Now, a new album features a recording of Doctor Atomic conducted by the composer himself.
Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber Gets 'Shameless' About Sex
Bolz-Weber's new book pulls from her own experiences, stories told by her parishioners and the Bible itself for an examination of the way conservative Christian ideas about sex affect our lives.
After 24 Years, Scholar Completes 3,000-Page Translation Of The Hebrew Bible
Literary scholar Robert Alter says he didn't think the existing English translations of the Bible did justice to the original Hebrew. So he spent nearly a quarter century writing his own — by hand.