Novelist Lydia Millet among National Book Award finalists

Ken Scrudato It’s actually a bit difficult to fathom now, but when legendary nightclub photographer Steve Eichner was first plying his trade in the ’90s, there was no social media, and barely an Internet with which to generate buzz around a candidly captured celebrity image.“My actual job was to get publicity for the clubs,” Eichner recalls, “which meant photographing celebrities.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentDonald Trump continues to invoke references that might be obscure or passé to many of his supporters, and Monday’s tweets included references to “the late, great Bob Hope” and a reply to the New York Times’ Maggie Haberman saying “Every rally is BOFFO.” But what exactly was he trying to say? Boffo is one of the terms coined by Variety to describe anything outstanding, like a hit movie.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has come aboard to direct Paramount Player’s feature adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Angie Thomas’ second novel, On The Come Up. The director behind the 2018 Cannes Film Festival premiere Rafiki is stepping in for George Tillman Jr. who was originally attached to On The Come Up.

A casket display outside a Brooklyn nursing home in New York had 6,500 copies of Gov.

 Katie Holmes  and her man Emilo Vitola Jr. took their love out on the city Thursday afternoon. The lovebirds rented blue electric Citibikes in New York and were seen riding around looking happy as ever.This is not the first time the couple is seen around.

NEW YORK -- Sen. Josh Hawley is working on a book about one of the Missouri Republican's ongoing targets.Simon & Schuster announced Friday that Hawley's “The Tyranny of Big Tech” will be released June 21.

NEW YORK -- Gregory Maguire attributes the first grain of the idea for his new book “A Wild Winter Swan” to “Mary Poppins” author P.L.

NEW YORK -- Lenny Kravitz is a man of extremes — as he readily admits.“I am deeply two-sided: black and white, Jewish and Christian, Manhattan and Brooklynite,” he writes about his first 25 years alive in his new memoir “Let Love Rule," released last week and named after his 1989 debut album.“The book is about me finding my voice and finding my path and walking into my destiny, whatever that is,” he tells The Associated Press.The 270-page book written along with David Ritz explores his very

A new poll from the New York Times and Siena College Research Institute shows Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., leading his Democratic Senate challenger Jaime Harrison by six points less than three weeks before Election Day.  The survey was conducted between Oct.

Oscar and Emmy winner Regina King has been saluted as one of Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year.The Watchmen star will be among those celebrated during a virtual event on October 19, 2020, when special guests including Ryan Reynolds, Gabrielle Union, John Legend, and New York politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be on hand to praise the honorees.Others recognized as Women of the Year are Atlanta, Georgia mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill, labor

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAn unusual trend in recent years has seen New York City’s subway stations transformed into memorials for late, great musicians, both officially and unofficially.

NEW YORK -- Grammy-winning rapper and social-political activist Killer Mike will receive the first Billboard Change Maker Award at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards.NBC and dick clark productions announced the new award and recipient Monday, two days ahead of the show, which will air live on NBC from the Dolby Theatre at 8 p.m.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticIn 2013, after years of scraping by on improv and putting on free comedy shows for the joy of it, Amber Ruffin got what she thought might be her big break. “Saturday Night Live” was (finally) looking to add a Black woman to the cast after years without, and flew Ruffin to New York from Los Angeles to try out alongside many other comedians she’d long admired.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSeason 12 of Doctor Who left devoted Whovians with a number of surprises and twists to process right before the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill in March. While the Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker, didn’t reveal what’s to come in Season 13, she did say Doctor Who enthusiasts can look forward to new stories.“We’re certainly in prep.

NEW YORK -- Nominations for this year's Tony Awards have been set for Oct. 15, pitting 18 eligible shows in competition for 26 competitive categories in a coronavirus-shortened season.James Monroe Iglehart will announce the nominations on the Tony Awards' YouTube Channel at noon ET.

Chadwick Boseman’s brothers are opening up about what the “Black Panther” star was like as a sibling.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

One of the great joys of the New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” Composed of five works set between the late-’60s and early-’80s, the two recently screened films — “Lovers Rock” and “Mangrove” — are intimate slices of life of a little-represented community, British Black folks from the West Indies, resiliently thriving amidst a racially hostile environment.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMahershala Ali, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Mimi Jones, Ledisi, Greg Alverez Reid, Nate Smith and Olivia Washington round out the cast of Between The World And Me, HBO’s adaptation of the stage show based on Coates’ New York Times bestseller. Additionally, the premium cabler has slotted Saturday, November 15 at 8 PM ET/PT for the premiere of the special, which was produced under COVID-19 guidelines.