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India's billion-plus population is mad for movies, and Hollywood is hungry for a piece of the Hindi film market. Sony Pictures took the plunge recently with a highbrow romance — and found itself going head to head on opening weekend with a home-grown superstar.

Formed in Dallas, the Old 97's were long pigeonholed as an alt-country band. They never were — just a rocking quartet with a terrific songwriter up top. They've just put out their best album in seven years.

The Supreme Court justice, known for harsh, combative commentary, has written a "how-to" book for lawyers. In the second part of an interview with NPR, he offers tips on grammar and behavior.

The actress, whose career has spanned splashy Bond blockbusters and Sondheim on stage, plays a shy, sweet English spinster in the Masterpiece TV series based on Elizabeth Gaskell's tales.

When a billionaire weapons inventor is kidnapped and forced to build a deadly device, he turns the tables — building himself a futuristic armored suit and flying off to save the world.

For the first time ever, says author Richard Florida, many of us have the freedom and economic means to choose our place — and the opportunity to find the place that fits us best is even more important than choosing a career or even a spouse.

The African guitarist and his international trio (drummer from Hungary and bassist from Italy via Sweden) have been performing together for eight years. Their latest album, Karibu, is an eloquent fusion of jazz and Afro influences.

Chris Bell, the writer, director and star of the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster: The Side Effects of Being American, explains why the practice of using steroids in our society is no big deal. In fact, it's as "American as apple pie."

There are very few novelists with Paul Beatty's swinging sense of play. His latest novel, Slumberland, is a sui generis piece of heartfelt absurdism. Troy Patterson recommends readers give it a spin.

Born without legs, photographer Kevin Connolly has spent his life with people staring at him. He recently traveled around the world, taking photos of people looking at him. He sums up his collection, "The Rolling Exhibition," as "15 countries, 31 cities, 32,000 photos and one stare."