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Bad Boys: Ride or Die is this summer's first blockbuster. But, what makes it a runaway hit?

Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

A magazine writer has been telling his editors that his graphic short stories about a sex worker are based on interviews, but he's actually doing the work himself in the provocative film Sebastian.

Industry is less concerned with whether its characters are “likable” and more interested in how they get what they want. In the Season 3 finale, those ambitions reached their inevitable – sometimes gruesome – conclusions.

Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes.

Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it.

This year, the best books are those that remain with readers long after they turn the last page. Whether a sprawling nonfiction narrative, a riveting first novel or a wrenching memoir, these keepers are unforgettable.

Is there anything fresh to be found in a food memoir? Reviewer Susan Jane Gilman says yes — and to prove it, she recommends five excellent books that will quench your desire for amazing food and adventure this summer.

The Mexican-American jazz pianist earned acclaim in New York and Los Angeles in the 1950s and '60s, but much of his music was never released — until now.

NPR’s Scott Simon asks Chiara Brown of the Times of London about her recent piece observing how praise is doled out differently in the U.K. than it is in the U.S.