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Michael Chabon's new novel, "Telegraph Avenue," is like a child's bedroom overflowing with '70s pop culture — with used vinyl records and Motown name-dropping and cheesy blaxploitation movies, and set against a backdrop of racial identity in...

Archy Stallings, the African-American record store merchant at the center (or slightly off center) of Michael Chabon's grand new novel "Telegraph Avenue," lives by his belief that the decade after his 1968 birth "corresponded precisely with the most...

Definitely Christopher Fowler, who writes the "Peculiar Crimes Unit" and "Bryant & May" series. He has such a great sense of humor and knows so much about the history of London. His books are so much fun to read. — Rena Gorman, Aurora I would...

Controversies over food, climate change and university publishing, a hike in ebook prices, a changed sport, and a literary look at Pinterest in today's book news....

Weezer's "Hurley" album. Fall is traditionally the season of would-be blockbuster albums. The music industry inevitably rolls out its biggest hitters in hopes of generating sales for the holidays. This year is no exception, with major releases expected...

Mark Z. Danielewski makes a rare public appearance in LA with Scottish band Biffy Clyro to talk about Only Revolutions....

Gabbie Sidibe and Oscar winner Mo'Nique, writer Geoffrey Fletcher and director Lee Daniels from Precious, An Education star Carey Mulligan and Ryan Reynolds are among the more than 130 people invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...

He's raw, unflinchingly honest and hopelessly candid, and because of those qualities, it's almost impossible to dislike Anthony Bourdain, the host of the Travel Channel's "No Reservations." While most food celebrities offer sanitized happy-go-lucky...

Fifteen pages into the first volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's six-part Scott Pilgrim series, the characters break into song -- or at least they rock out as much as one can in a black-and-white graphic novel. Electric bolts shoot from......

NEW YORK, March 10, 2006 – Joan Didion has been named the winner of the 26th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes' Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. The award honors a living author with a substantial connection to the American West whose...

There can be nothing more personal than the perfect Valentine's Day mix tape. So we asked several creative people -- actors, writers, directors and musicians -- to write about a tape they made for someone special, or a song that proved especially lasting....

Trend-spotting is a treasured sport when Academy Award nominations are announced. The revelations each year can range from the affirming (minorities make inroads) to the yawningly trivial (each nominated movie features a scene in a coffee shop). But this...