Young readers are well acquainted with the work of Lane Smith. In fact, college students and adults, too, enjoy his satirical illustrations, which have often been described as "goofy" and even "disturbing." Winner of numerous awards, Smith is best...

Certain people are certainly going to be offended by the intentionally over-the-top action flick "Shoot 'Em Up," with its objectification of women and its juxtaposition of sex and violence.Clive Owen, as sharpshooter Mr. Smith, helps a woman deliver her baby with one hand (to the...

Norman Mailer, the pugnacious prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song," has died at the age of 84.Mailer died Saturday of acute renal failure...

Norman Mailer, the pugnacious prince of American letters who for decades reigned as the country's literary conscience and provocateur with such books as "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song," has died at the age of 84.Mailer died Saturday of acute renal failure...