Relax, Nerds: 'The Gifted' Knows What It's Doing
A great premise, fun performances, a cool sensibility and excellent special effects make FOX's new mutants-on-the-lam series a solid bet. (Are you listening, Marvel's Inhumans?)
Arts
'Beautiful Things' Revealed In Stage Adaptation Of Cheryl Strayed's Advice Column
Before she was a famous author, Strayed wrote an advice column under the pseudonym "Dear Sugar." Now, it's been adapted into an unlikely off-Broadway play starring Nia Vardalos.
The Voyager Golden Record Finally Finds An Earthly Audience
For 40 years, the record's interstellar message to extraterrestrials remained mostly unheard by human audiences — until a Kickstarter campaign brought a new vinyl box set to the public.
In 'Our Souls At Night,' Robert Redford And Jane Fonda Stage A Twilight Reunion
Fifty years after playing newlyweds in Barefoot In The Park, the actors portray a different pair of bedfellows in a film adaptation of a Kent Haruf novel.
Jeffrey Eugenides Calls Short Stories 'Maddening' — And Now He Has A Collection
"You get it going and then you have to shut it down," Eugenides says. "And I am a novelist by inclination." His new short story collection is called Fresh Complaint.
'Ghosted': A Skeptic And A True Believer Investigate The Paranormal; It's Para-Funny
In this FOX sitcom, Adam Scott and Craig Robinson play two men thrown together to uncover the uncanny. It involves chasing glowy things through warehouses at night.
'The Language Of Thorns' Will Ensnare You With Dark Magic
Leigh Bardugo's new The Language of Thorns is a collection of fairy tales set in the world of her Grishaverse books — a world of dangerous magic where happy endings may just involve minimal murder.
Distillery Cat Wanted: Must Be Affable, Brand-Boosting, Cold-Blooded Killer
A new book profiles some of the world's most fascinating felines, while telling how their job descriptions have evolved from rodent catchers to today's ambassadors for distilleries and breweries.
Monty Hall, Host Of 'Let's Make A Deal,' Dies At 96
The unctuous, ingratiating game host was, always, in on the joke, which proved the secret to his enduring appeal.
Football And Donald Trump: It's A Long Story
As President Trump opines about what NFL players and owners should do regarding politics and protest, it's worth revisiting a 2009 documentary about his history with professional football.