mock newscast — for an unpredictable interview in which the only thing the former federal official can count on is the likelihood of being embarrassed.Why, after months of being fodder for late-night television comedians, is he willing to subject himself to such a public ordeal?Brown admits that he had never heard of “The Colbert Report” [...]

Ask Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg, Toronto residents and good friends who have films in competition here — films that turn out to share a potent point of view vis-a-vis the United States.It’s not just that Cronenberg’s “A History of Violence” and Egoyan’s “Where the Truth Lies,” both based on novels and both changes of [...]

On Thursday, they left Lancaster Juvenile Court without saying a word.”We were just kind of emotional, and we didn’t want [all the media] attacking us at once, all those mikes,” said Harris, an artist.But Friday evening, Harris said she finally felt ready to tell her son’s side of the story.She and her husband moved to [...]