Celebrate Black History Month with a good book. Our readers recommended 50+ stories to dive into this February and beyond.

Live updates from SNL’s anniversary special, which marks 50 years since Lorne Michaels created “Saturday Night Live.” ...

February is Black History Month. This time is meant to reflect on the contributions Black people have made in the past and amplify the work being done presently. Because of this, I’ve compiled ten ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Betty (Amy Poehler) and Jodi (Maya Rudolph) interview SNL50 audience member Miles Teller and their friend Linda Richman (Mike ...

At a BAFTA Awards where there was no clear frontrunner going into the ceremony, British Academy voters chose to largely share ...

will not have access to a book written by someone whose life experience is so similar to their own." "I can’t help but wonder what is so controversial about this picture book that causes it to ...

On Presidents’ Day each year, it has been my wont to regret the holiday’s celebration of insipid ubiquity. Instead of ...

Ellen W. Kaplan is Professor Emerita of acting and directing at Smith, a Fulbright Scholar in Costa Rica, Fulbright Senior Specialist in Pakistan, Romania and Hong Kong, an actress, director and ...

Plenty of classics made the list, as did books that capture particular, personal slices of New York. By Juliana Barbassa and Jennifer Harlan The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina compiled ...

Awards season’s north star may be Hollywood’s Academy Awards, but for one day in February, the British Academy of Film and Television of Arts has its say. Hosted by David Tennant at the ...