In our weekly series, One Special Thing, the Globe arts staff highlights something timeless — movies, books, TV shows, albums, paintings, plays, symphonies, dishes — that we return to in good times ...

Video game soundtracks are pretty respectable these days. I just watched James Bond composer David Arnold take the stage at the BAFTA Games Awards and pay tribute to the medium before presenting an ...

Backlit by an orange sky, Romeo appears. He smokes on a derelict outdoor stage; the only curtains here the blonde hair framing his face. The moody keyboard of Radiohead’s “Talk Show Host” swells, a 21 ...

Video games don't just look better than ever, thanks to imaginative art directions and cutting-edge graphics; they also sound fantastic. With some of the best talent in the industry composing new ...

Mention the music of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1956 remake of his own “The Man Who Knew Too Much” to the average film buff and Doris Day’s singing of its Oscar-winning pop hit, “Que Sera, Sera,” will ...

The creator of “Baby Reindeer” is back with more anger, repression and violence (and jokes) in a new series for HBO. By Mike Hale Richard Gadd has a type. Two types, actually. The first is a cowardly, ...

A Santa Barbara man lives to tell the tale after a shark stalked him miles away from the California coast. Ron Takeda and a friend were traveling between UC Santa Barbara and Carpinteria on hydrofoil ...

A shark sighting off Huntington Beach had prompted officials to shut down ocean waters near the pier and pause a major surf competition, according to event organizers. The shark, estimated to be at ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Smiles come easily for Yahya Abdul-Mateen II these days, especially when describing what it’s like to be on “the ...

The musclebound character he developed as a toy designer for Mattel gave rise to the Masters of the Universe franchise and helped define the machismo of the 1980s. By Sopan Deb Roger Sweet, a toy ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Plucked from a previous life as a working actor, Richard Gadd experienced a disorienting whirlwind less than two ...