So far the year's top rappers seem less like globe-trotting celebrities and more like neighborhood guys.

In the New Group's slow, airless revival of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," Cynthia Nixon cuts the dangerous Miss Brodie down to size.

Israeli author Kfir Luzzatto's new book, "The Odyssey Gene," addresses genetic discrimination, which could be a very real concern in the near future. Scientists say that by 2010 we will be able to purchase genetic testing kits for the mere ...