LONDON (Reuters) - British writer Christopher Reid won the Costa Book of the Year award on Tuesday for a work of poetry about his wife's death. "A Scattering" beat the favorite, Colm Toibin's "Brooklyn," leaving the Irish novelist disappointed once again after he failed to win the Booker Prize after being shortlisted twice. Josephine Hart, chairman of the judging ...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Who would have thought that the plays of Arthur Miller would provide a safe haven for young Hollywood actresses making their first forays onto a Broadway stage? Last season it was Katie Holmes, receiving generally kind notices for her supporting turn in "All My Sons." The latest example is Scarlett Johansson, as a young niece who ...

A fuel truck flipped and exploded on New York's Long Island Expressway on Saturday morning, killing the driver and creating a fireball seen for miles that shut the highway for hours. Emergency crews battled the raging blaze for three hours after the 8 a.m. accident between Melville and Plainview near the Nassau County line. The intense heat melted ...

A New York City man faces charges that he slaughtered his girlfriend and her two young children in a frenzy at their Brooklyn home. Jermaine Ruiz was charged Saturday with three counts of murder. The 24-year-old had been in custody since Friday. Investigators say ...