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Jessica Anya Blau is the Baltimore author who memorably mined her experience growing up in a freewheeling bohemian family in her first two novels, "The Year of Naked Swim Parties" and "Drinking Closer to Home." "Swim Party," in particular, made a splash, ending up on a couple of national "best of" lists.

After seven years, " Arrested Development " makes a triumphal return to screens on Sunday, May 26 on the online streaming service Netflix.

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The new Rat Pack: Brian Duprey as Frank Sinatra, Kyle Diamond as Sammy Davis, Jr., Drew Anthony as Dean Martin and Mickey Joseph as Joey Bishop.

Get ready to travel away into the land of imagination, music and adventure this summer with the debut of Mickey and the Magical Map.

At the Steampunk World's Fair in Piscataway, NJ, Mark Donelly demonstrated the obscure art of Bartitsu, a Victorian system of self defense practiced by Sherlock Holmes.

In this April 23, 2006 file photo, author Dan Brown talks about his court dealings surrounding his book "The Da Vinci Code" in Portsmouth, N.H. Dan Brown's description of Manila as "the gates of hell" in the American novelist's latest book has not gone down well with officials in the Philippine capital.

The victim killed in a cleaver attack Wednesday was identified as Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

"No, there is another." This one line spoken by Yoda during "The Empire Strikes Back" set off three years of speculation before it was revealed in "Return of the Jedi" that Leia was Luke Skywalker's twin sister and, therefore, the "other" hope to defeat the Dark Side.

After Kobe beef, cheesecake drizzled in peach sauce, and coffee served from silver pots are whisked away, the band, white-haired and dressed in black, tests their instruments on stage.

This year's NJC Foundation Gala, to benefit the HOPE Scholarship, will provide new entertainment for those who attend the June event.

The Force will be strong in Times Square this week. To celebrate the premiere of the new Cartoon Network special LEGO Star Wars : The Yoda Chronicles , LEGO and Lucasfilm have teamed up to bring a massive recreation of a X-wing Starfighter to New York City.

"The Fall of Arthur" by J. R. R. Tolkien is an unfinished poem written about King Arthur, Lanceleot, Guinevere and Mordred.

John Morello as Dean Martin joins his Rat Pack colleagues for The Sands Trio's benefit for Homegrown Homes this Saturday night .

From world music superstars and comic book supervillians to 3-D superhero mapping and a super bouncy exhibit for kids, the new Ann Arbor Summer Festival season runs from June 14 through July 7, and features an eclectic mix of music, dance, comedy, film, spoken word, contemporary circus, street arts and family entertainment.

Movie adaptations are tricky business. The more familiar moviegoers are with the source material, the more likely they are to reject most, if not all, of the adaptation's changes, emendations, or repairs.

With the roaring success of their 2012 production of Dracula still ringing in their ears, Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society director Gordon Lawson and his talented players embark on yet another dramatic journey - this time across dark and brooding Dartmoor in a new, fast-paced adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel The Hound of the ... (more)

Fleetwood Mac song-stress Stevie Nicks is tantalizing fans with a bold idea: a one-woman show.

Whether you're staying in a luxury spa or at a Victorian spread, the Conch Republic can be anything you imagine.

One of Leonardo Da Vinci's strangest paintings, "The Adoration of the Magi" was commissioned for the altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence, in 1481.