Weir—who also wrote the novel that became The Martian—picks inspirational works from Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, and George ...

Keke Palmer playfully chastised Ryan Seacrest during her guest judging stint on American Idol after he showed archive footage of her 2003 audition for the spinoff series American Juniors.

Chef Fernando Mendez can handle his spice. As a young boy growing up in Mexico, his abuelita, or grandmother, would serve him chiles that were so “picoso” — spicy, in ...