Kim Barker's book about her time in Afghanistan didn't exactly fly off the shelves. Sure, it sold a respectable 11,000 copies, but it was no best seller. But a new movie based on the book looks like it will be a hit.

This is a story that gets to the bottom of edible underwear (see what we did there?). Read ahead. It's good. We promise.

France has its own issues with a lack of diversity in films and movie awards. But those who are trying to compile statistics on racial and ethnic representation in France face another problem. It's taboo to even collect those kinds of numbers in France.

If you’ve ever turned your dial away from public radio, you have very likely heard Delilah. The self-proclaimed “queen of sappy love songs,” and a powerhouse DJ airs on commercial radio stations across the country.

How Tom McCarthy turned a story about investigative journalism into an informative, entertaining and critically-acclaimed movie.

Iranian folk-rockers from the band Pallett have attracted a huge following in their home country. Interestingly, their music includes a heavy dose of klezmer, a musical tradition from eastern European Jews.

Twenty years ago, videographer Anne Bailey traveled to Sweden to become a Lindy Hop star. She didn't make it — but recently she got to get her hop on with Rio's Lindy Hoppers.

James Williamson inspired a punk-rock revolution in the 1970s, then quit music and became an engineer. After three decades of working in tech, however, he went back on a rock-and-roll tour

Brazil will be represented at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. The film "Boy and the World" is up for an Oscar as best animated feature. But the story is told more through music than words.

For public art installations around the world, São Paulo artist Nele Azevedo casts human figures from ice and then lets them melt. The sight — and sound — of that melting is an experience in "impermanence," she says.