A California mom's lawsuit wants to take away the toys -- and she's right

Actress Sarah Polley talks about her moving directorial debut in this interview and podcast. Plus: Serial killers, skinheads and spaceships in China.

Irish acting titan Brendan Gleeson plays a decent but doomed priest in John Michael McDonagh's black-comic tragedy

A profile of Charles Frazier, author of "Cold Mountain."

On an innocent walk into the Libyan Desert, our correspondent discovers just how easily fancied adventures can turn into real ones.

Readers reflect on the legacy of Vietnam Plus: Can Ritalin be lethal? Darva Conger should keep her clothes on.

A new oral biography takes on the beloved comic's life, and the self-destructiveness that led to his death

Photographer P.J. Boman shoots his wife and muse in dark shadows -- undressing, posing as a prostitute and in the throes of ecstasy.

What's at stake when ancient ideas of heresy collide with the modern notion of free speech?

In our two-writer household, my husband's literary star shines all too brightly.

The Americana star opens up about his battles with drugs, his fight with a rare disease -- and his brilliant new CD

I spent three seasons on "SNL," so reunions are fun but anxiety-producing. This one, I saw through my son's eyes

Mike Mika's daughter wanted to save Mario for a change, so the hacker dad flipped the script

Rat-Toothed Freddy is up to no good, while Lester is a man transformed. Chapter 9 of "Themepunks."

Why does the media hide rape victims who fight back instead of honoring them as heroes?