ALOTT5MA FRIDAY PLAYLIST: With Adam in another state, it falls to me to set up our playlist suggestion for the week. For this week, let'...

OTHER THAN ROBERT CARO'S, APPARENTLY: The Guardian (UK)'s book section lists the hundred greatest nonfiction books of all time . (LI...

THERE ARE RICH TEAMS, AND THEN THERE ARE POOR TEAMS: Moneyball, the trailer: (Dan Fienberg tweets : "If the secret weapon of your p...

ALL THE CHILDREN ARE ABOVE AVERAGE: One hallmark of Nigel Lythgoe shows is that the first real competition episode, when you're trying t...

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? How do we feel about Les Miserables: The Movie Musical with Hugh Jackman as Valjean and Paul Bettany as Javer...

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT, AFTER ALL:   As part of our recurring travel guide, if anyone has advice as to places to eat and things to see in ...

SUPER STAR BOMB POP:   Amid this recent trend of Cupcake Trucks and Taco Trucks and Sausage Trucks and Dumpling Trucks (not yet in Phila,...