Topic: Kate Winslet

Chapter & Verse 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' will become a London stage play

'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' by Katherine Boo won the 2012 nonfiction National Book Award and received almost universal critical praise.

Kate Winslet joins YA adaptation movie 'Divergent'

Kate Winslet will play the leader of a scholarly people known as the Erudite in the new movie, according to the film's studio Summit Entertainment. Kate Winslet recently appeared in the movie 'Contagion' and starred in the miniseries 'Mildred Pierce.'

Tiny creatures with hip names

More new species to name means scientists are reaching out to pop culture.

25 books set to be adapted into movies in 2013

Read these books before they hit the big screen! 

SAG Awards' unexpected winners: 'The Help,' Dujardin win

The Screen Actors Guild Awards featured some unexpected winners, including 'The Help' for best overall cast performance and French actor Jean Dujardin for best actor in 'The Artist.' 

10 romantic movies for Valentine's Day

Check out these 10 movies for the holiday

HBO makes great TV from books

How do you compress a complicated novel into a two-hour, cinema-friendly format? The answer, most often, is: you can't. A better solution for many authors is to have their books turned into HBO series. The end result is often an in-depth adaptation – with story and characters intact – that would have been impossible get at the multiplex. Here are some of the best-known books that have been turned into successful HBO series – with many more to come.

Two couples spring into chaos in 'Carnage': movie review

Adapted from an award-winning play, 'Carnage' takes two couples, poles apart, and let’s them at it.

Raising Cain: A new novel from a master of noir

How a posthumous novel by 'Mildred Pierce' author James M. Cain was discovered and released.

Fall 2011 movie preview

The 2011 Fall Movie Season is here, and we have your guide to all the films keeping you warm at the theater, complete with images, release dates, and our recommendations!

Contagion: movie review

'Contagion': a bio-thriller that comes off as a fright film, with a few quietly moving moments.

Hurricane Irene barrels toward US as Caribbean islands take stock of damage

Hurricane Irene is now headed for North Carolina after pummeling Caribbean island nations from the Bahamas to the Dominican Republic, causing some $3.1 billion in damage.

Hurricane Irene strengthens, puts Bahamas in its sights

Hurricane Irene has strengthened and could become a Category 3 as it slams into Bahamas, Tuesday.

Author Tom Perrotta working on new HBO series

The series, based on his novel, "The Leftovers," about a small town post-Rapture, may just fill that creepy small town-shaped hole that "Twin Peaks" left behind.

Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?

By one count, Americans will be served a record 27 movie sequels this year: Pirates of the Caribbean, Spy Kids, Cars 2, The Hangover Part II, Happy Feet 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, etc., etc. Have Hollywood moguls gone overboard on sequels?

Bringing new life to "Mildred Pierce"

How did Jon Raymond, who adapted noir classic "Mildred Pierce" for HBO's new miniseries, get past the memory of Joan Crawford's iconic 1945 performance?

Noir City: the best books behind the great noir films

On the eve of the Noir City film festival launch, mystery writers list their favorite noir books.

L.A. noir: darkness under the sun

A writer tours the gritty spots that inspired the birth of the Los Angeles literary noir movement.

Sandra Bullock cancels London premiere due to scandal

Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock won't attend the London premiere of "The Blind Side" due to a scandal at home.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

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Review: 'Revolutionary Road'

DiCaprio, Winslet reunite to blandly advance the myth of the soulless suburbs.