Bob Mondello
Stories
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Arts & Life
Sharp tongued, indomitable, and beloved actress Dame Maggie Smith, dies at 89
Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey.
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Arts & Life
In 'My Old Ass,' a teen is visited by her 39-year-old self during a mushroom trip
A teen meets her wisecracking, advice-dispensing 39-year-old self on a mushroom trip in Megan Park's coming-of-age rom-com My Old Ass.
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Arts & Life
Movie critics dish it out, but can they take it? Ian McKellen stars in 'The Critic'
Sometimes, the movies strike back at critics. In the new film The Critic, Ian McKellen stars as a scurrilous theater scribe, the latest in a long history of buffoons and bitter curmudgeons.
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Beetlejuice is back! But is the new film any good?
Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, and Winona Ryder return in a Beetlejuice sequel 34 years in the making. It's called Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Don't say it a third time.
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World
A trip to what may be the most beautiful bookstore in the world
Livraria Lello in Porto, Portugal, is arguably among the world's most beautiful bookstores, and visitors line up each day to catch a glimpse inside.
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Movies
What's in store for movies this fall
A selective look at the would-be blockbusters, awards contenders and specialty films Hollywood has in store as the weather gets cooler.
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Arts & Life
In 'Sebastian,' a writer conceals that his sex work subject matter is about himself
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.
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Arts & Life
'Kneecap' is a profane, political and funny origin story of the Irish hip hip group
An anarchic origin story for the Irish-language rap group Kneecap is a wild ride, starring the group members playing themselves.
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Arts & Life
Without spoilers, here's how Wolverine is in the new Deadpool movie after he died
A world-weary Wolverine is dragged out of retirement — well, death, actually — by a motormouthed Deadpool in Marvel's latest superhero epic.
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Arts & Life
Take a sneak peek into a legendary songwriter's creative process
The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of Leslie Bricusse, the songwriter who gave us "Pure Imagination," "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Goldfinger" and "Talk to the Animals."
