From 2013: In director Bruno Barreto’s new film, Miranda Otto portrays the real-life American poet Elizabeth Bishop, a woman who can make any social setting uncomfortable – in any city, in any country. She is a woman who is ill at ease in her own skin and leaving America to visit her friend Mary in Brazil doesn’t change any of that. In fact, it just makes it worse.

From 2013: Welcome to another installment of "Mr. Media: Beauty and the Beast Edition." This show has always been a safe place for the women of Playboy magazine to visit over the years and after hosting a steady stream of print Playmates, a Cyber Playmate and even a Playmate editor, today I’m pleased to welcome our first-ever Playmate of the Year, Raquel Pomplun.

From 2013: In "Naughty," his fifth book since 1990, I think Monte Schulz has truly hit his stride. This crime noir novel, set in the 1950s, was inspired by the real life story of Iva Kroeger and her husband, indicted for the murders of Mildred and Jay Arneson in 1962. It grabs you by the jaw from the beginning and doesn’t ease up until the very last page. (Monte, incidentally, is the son of "Peanuts" comics creator Charles Schulz.)

From 2013: Today I’m joined by the youngest of the three sons of novelist Bruce Jay Friedman, Kipp, who has just released his own memoir of life in the Friedman family, "Barracuda in the Attic." "Barracuda" is the Friedman book that is closest to my own experience. We’re roughly the same age and were influenced – and scared – by many of the same pop culture moments of the last half century, from comic books and horror films.

From 2013: Journalist Mike Sager, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone and Esquire, has published an urban thriller that imagines a scenario that took place in Los Angeles for three days alongside the ’08 strike. High Tolerance pokes a finger in the eye of celebrity, movie stars, rappers, Hollywood egos, reporters and more. It’s action- and drama-packed and you won’t have any trouble imagining it leaping to the big screen one day.

From 2013: I couldn’t put down former New York Post reporter Kieran Crowley’s new work of fiction, "Hack," which probably is painfully honest in its portrayal of how the news comes together at tabloid papers such as the Post and the New York Daily News. Hack is hysterically disturbing in its brutal reveal of the kind of backstabbing fights over exclusives and ethics-free reporting practices at the tabloids.

From 2013: Joining me today to discuss the latest volume of Crazy 4 Cult: Movie Art 2, is Jensen Karp. And while you may not yet know the names of the artists themselves, I feel safe in saying that everyone will find something to like in works inspired by The Shining, Alien, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Little Shop of Horrors, Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Darko, The Big Lebowski, Shaun of the Dead and many more.

From 2013: Tim Waggoner, an experienced author of fantasy and horror, just published his second novel extending the franchise of The CW’s popular series, “Supernatural.” In the Supernatural The TV Series book, The Roads Not Taken, Waggoner makes the printed page interactive, giving readers the chance to choose their own path at key turning points in the story.

From 2013: In "Obitchuary," Stephanie Hayes shows off a great and imaginative vocabulary, poking fun at everything she saw and did on her job, creating the character of Penelope “Penny” Perkins, an unmarried newspaper reporter getting her first shot at the big time and—most likely—causing it all to crash down around her. This is a situation that has ongoing series written all over it

From 2013: Cartoonist Camilla dD’Errico, creator of Tanpopo and Helmetgirls, is a leader in the international pop surrealism movement for her uniquely styled oil paintings. Of course, you may also know her for her work with Dark Horse and Image Comics, Tokyopop, Hasbro, Disney, Sanrio, and even best-selling author Neil Gaiman. Camilla just published her first art instructional guide, the beautifully illustrated Pop Manga: How to Draw the Coolest, Cutest Characters, Animals, Mascots and More.