Topic: Stephen Humphries

All Content

Esperanza Spalding: Grammy talent evident, back in 2008

Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist Sunday night in Los Angeles. Just a few years ago, Esperanza Spalding spent time in Boston - first as a student, then as a teacher at the world-renowned Berklee College of Music.
Classic review: Paul Newman: A Life

An enduring portrait of one of America's most beloved actors.
2009 Gift Guide

Monitor picks for TV, movies, music, and games.
Horizons: What's new in sci-tech

Wah-wah rings, an 'extinct' critter scurries back, and a mission to the sun.
New on DVD: 'Juno,' 'There Will be Blood'

The two Oscar-winning films get a home-video release. One's a comedy; the other decidedly is not.
Noteworthy new albums: R.E.M. and The Black Keys

R.E.M. brake for nobody on 'Accelerate,' a comeback album of sorts, and The Black Keys expand their color palette with a little help from producer Danger Mouse.
Noteworthy music releases: Gnarls Barkley and The Raconteurs

'The Odd Couple' of Gnarls Barkley deliver hummable hooks, which is more than can be said of the new album by The Raconteurs.
New on DVD: 'The Valley of Elah' and 'Michael Clayton'

In the valley of Elah, a shadowy murder case; a corporate conspiracy catches up with Michael Clayton.
New on DVD: 'No Reservations' and 'Gone Baby Gone'

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Aaron Eckhart discover a recipe for romance; Ben Affleck directs a Boston-based crime chiller by the author of 'Mystic River.'
New on DVD: 'Eagle vs. Shark' and 'The Golden Door'

New Zealand's 'Eagle vs. Shark' is on the wrong side of quirky, an Italian family immigrates to America in 'The Golden Door.'
New on DVD: 'The Kingdom' and 'Eastern Promises'

'The Kingdom' offers up a foreign-policy lesson amid lots of gunfire. A London woman becomes deeply enmeshed in the inner workings of the Russian mafia in 'Eastern Promises.'