Knight-Ridder Tribune

Can a Web site help your athletic performance? That's hard to say, but the BBC Sport Academy (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/default.stm) sure presents a convincing case. The site is a virtual athletic encyclopedia,...

Josh Rouse Nashville On his fifth album, Josh Rouse does all sorts of sweet things, such as pledge his undying love to a girl ("It's the Nighttime") and apologize to...

In an ideal world, Robin Williams would have been born a cartoon. After all, human roles rarely give him the chance to free-associate, deliver dozens of accents and leap through...

It sometimes seems that Bruce Willis has always been with us. At least he seems always to have a movie playing in theaters. But it's been a while (1999's "Sixth...

Programming a network is a balancing act. No one knows that better than NBC boss Jeff Zucker. "I'm the guy who put on 'Fear Factor,' " Zucker said. "But I'm...

Drawing from the world's many music styles, the dreamy dance-pop collective called Brazilian Girls creates a border-jumping sound that's won fans in foreign places. But expect something a little closer...

Saying Rachael Ray is a one-woman powerhouse is as big an understatement as saying caviar is fish eggs. The 36-year-old hosts three Food Network shows ("30 Minute Meals," "$40 a...

Daniel Kessler has been listening to John Coltrane recently. Not because he is "jazz crazy," as he puts it, or because he wants to channel Coltrane's sax techniques and impulses...

"Cursed" (PG-13) Who's in it: Christina Ricci, James Brolin, Portia De Rossi, Bambi Allen, Jesse Eisenberg What it's about: An estranged brother and sister living in Los Angeles, mourning the...

Jack Johnson In Between Dreams The third album from Hawaiian-born guitarist and vocalist Jack Johnson may not hit all the peaks of his 2001 smash debut, "Brushfire Fairytales," but it...