The Philadelphia Inquirer

Clinic "VISITATIONS" Before Arcade Fire and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah made snappy art rock safe for today's punk masses, Liverpool's surgical-masked quartet Clinic opened those same askew floodgates. Singer...

Lucinda Williams "WEST" Lucinda Williams is once again making beautifully bummed-out music on her eighth studio album. Grieving for her late mother and sorrowful over a broken relationship, she seeks...

He's a sniveling traitor; his brother's a crusader against evil, and his father's a shady arms dealer who smothers him. For Paul McCrane, life on "24" was never easy. Then,...

"I'm in an orange jumpsuit in jail right now," says Ali Larter, answering her cell phone. "Can I call you back in a half hour?" Larter plays the most dangerous...

Ali Larter plays the most dangerous woman on TV. So you don't argue when she wants to push back an interview. "I'm in an orange jumpsuit in jail right now,"...

PHILADELPHIA -- Experience shows that this is the season for the serious home buyer. And with so many listings for that buyer to look at, the successful seller will be...

Ken Watanabe was wary and unsure when he first heard news that Clint Eastwood wanted to make "Letters From Iwo Jima." A companion piece to the American director's "Flags of...

Who's in it: Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson. What it's about: With the support of her infatuated editor, Norman Warner (McGregor), and his sister, Millie (Watson), aspiring children's author...

To a mad genius such as David Milch, the phrase "surf's up" has very little to do with water. With Milch's western, "Deadwood," riding off into the sunset, his new...

When Jeremy Ross began condominium shopping, he knew he had an edge. A sluggish market and cautious buyers had begun nudging developers into doling out incentives. Ross, 54, a lawyer,...