Trey Graham

Stephen Fry is a world-class wit, a learned fellow and probably a really great guy. Unfortunately, says reviewer Trey Graham, that doesn't come through in More Fool Me, the new volume of his memoirs.

Andrea Mays' new book digs into the history of Washington, D.C.'s Folger Shakespeare Library, the legacy of oilman Henry Clay Folger — who, like William Shakespeare, found his greatest fame in death.

The film 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture, while Gravity won seven awards, including for director Alfonso Cuaron. Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett also took home Oscars.

A lovingly shot valentine to the hard work and distilled emotion of dance, Alan Brown's film is an unpretentious charmer.

A cabaret singer channeling everyone from Adele to Julie Andrews has racked up a million-plus YouTube plays since her video went up Aug. 11. Herewith, a few questions for Christina Bianco, who turns out to have an NPR connection.

The star of Memento, L.A. Confidential and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert anchors an Australian TV series based on the Peter Temple novels about a disenchanted lawyer turned PI.

High drama, middlebrow laughs, low cunning — and a surprisingly rewarding dance mix of sounds lifted exclusively from Disney's Mary Poppins film.

Please, let us not think of the calculation of the value of art to the economy as involving anything called "the Taylor Swift Effect."

In today's not-quite-the-news read: A celeb wedding, some backstory from the Times, and a sobering web utility that'll make you want to call mom.

Let us not pretend that this is a straight-up review of a movie about a racing snail. Because that would just be silly.