The untold story of how the BBC tried to persuade Laurence Olivier to make his first TV appearance is to be released in a new archive project from the corporation. The BBC will also publish a chain of ...

Rare recordings of E.E. Cummings, Mary Oliver and more offer a tour through literary history led by authors in their own words — and voices. Take a listen. Kurt Vonnegut reads at the 92nd Street Y ...

To the editor: Because none of your literary commentators on Joan Didion mentioned her work as a screenwriter, they missed what may be her best writing about Los Angeles: “Strangers in Hollywood,” ...

To live in Los Angeles is to live in Joan Didion’s world. On what would have been the writer’s 91st birthday, Didion’s thorny and tangled vision of the city endures. A philosopher, historian, songbird ...

More like, can’t stomach it, critics say of Olivia Nuzzi’s debut book detailing — kind of — her sordid affair with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Reviewers for prestige publications from New ...

The reviews are in for Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto — and they do not scream “This is the next Joan Didion.” Instead, the book, which was released on Tuesday, is being skewered as a ...

The author’s newly unveiled papers reveal the meticulous planning and devotion to cooking that went into her big holiday meals. By Patrick Farrell Across six decades as a writer and cultural barometer ...

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Liam Neeson features in a new trailer for "Cold Storage," which is being described as a "ticking-clock science-fiction epic," "an action-packed thrill ride," and "pure popcorn fun." Co Antrim star ...

Writers tend to be good company. We’re witty, shrewd, and, I’ve been told, we make decent drinking companions. So when a beloved author dies, who wouldn’t want to salvage just a few more pages to ...