"The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War" (Minotaur Books), by Daniel Stashower
Jennifer Lawrence of the oddball romance "Silver Linings Playbook" and Daniel Day-Lewis of the Civil War epic "Lincoln" have won lead-acting prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Quotes from the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The CIA thriller "Argo" continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honor for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
The diversity warriors, with no sense of humor and short on irony, keep looking for victims in all the old places.
It was another door-buster inauguration. Not quite 2008, but still a pretty sensational showing.
Before the clock strikes noon Monday and Barack Hussein Obama takes to the podium at the U.S. Capitol and again recites the presidential oath of office, moments of reflection on symbolism and substance are in order.
Here's a selection of historical tidbits tied to celebrating the beginning of a new term of a president of the United States.
