Roald Dahl

Girl with IQ of 161: Nice, but could she outsmart Anakin Skywalker?

2013-02-13 16:04:02

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Random House and Penguin publishers may merge

2012-10-25 12:07:00

John Grisham and Tom Clancy in the same house? It’s possible, if newly confirmed merger talks between the publishers of the mega-authors are confirmed. Pearson, which owns Clancy publisher Penguin Group, issued a statement Thursday saying that it...

In the moment with Cate Blanchett

2012-07-14 13:00:00

On the surface, Cate Blanchett would seem to be the least Chekhovian human being on the planet. No idle longing for Moscow for this international stage and screen star, whose frequent flier mileage must have broken the million mark since she and her...

Mel Stuart dies at 83; 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' director

2012-08-11 00:00:00

Mel Stuart had firmly established himself as an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker in the 1960s when his daughter Madeline, a big fan of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," insisted he turn the popular children's book into a movie....

'Matilda the Musical' wins big at Olivier Awards in London

2012-04-16 16:32:18

'Mad Women' by Jane Maas

2012-03-23 00:00:00

"Does she or doesn't she?" — the innuendo-filled catchphrase for Clairol from 1956 easily could have been conceived by "Mad Men's" Don Draper. It was not, of course, but rather was penned by one of the few female copywriters of her day. Jane Maas,...

Around Town: Foreign films and Spencer Tracy

2012-01-12 16:36:48

Jude Law, Kristin Scott Thomas among Olivier Award nominees

2012-03-15 16:32:52

Children and young adults

2011-12-04 00:00:00

Abarat Absolute Midnight Clive Barker Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $24.99, ages 13 and up In the third installment of this lavish series, a teen girl is menaced by a powerful sorceress in a mystical fantasy world. The Annotated Peter Pan J.M....

Duff McKagan: Guns N' Roses bassist may make you think 'beer'

2011-09-14 16:34:29

Who will save Roald Dahl's writing shed?

2011-09-13 16:35:01

Celebrating 50 years of 'The Phantom Tollbooth'

2011-09-19 16:35:02

The witches in Roald Dahl's children's book were lovely on the outside, but literally hideous on the inside. When we finally got a movie in 1990, the lovely Angelica Huston let us see just how horrible a hag her character was underneath.

2012-10-30 05:57:26

Mel Stuart, left, the director of beloved family film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died. He was 83 years old.

2012-08-10 10:01:44

Directed by Henry Selick, this adaptation of a 1961 Roald Dahl novel is an offbeat hybrid of live action and stop motion.

2012-04-25 00:00:00