Books, TV & Radio

"Over the course of this fast-moving thriller, the crimes intersect in what promises to be yet another New York Times bestselling novel."

In the introduction, Madison explains that he set out merely to “update” his first comprehensive account of the state’s past, published in 1986. “But simply updating that book proved unwise,” he writes. “Because Indiana has changed. So has the knowledge of our past.”

Filmmaker Bob Weide finally seems ready to tick Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time off of his To Do list. First question: “Why on Earth has it taken you this long?”

It was a busy day for Indy Reads Books; the new store had just opened this morning, and by 5 p.m., it was hosting a rare local reading by Indy author John Green. He spoke to readers and answered questions with his signature energy and wit, and afterward hundreds of readers waited patiently for a chance to speak with the author while he signed their books (and, in one case, a hat). After the marathon session, Green found time to talk with us.

The episode featured scientist Percy Julian but focused on his struggles with the campus's treatment of black students rather than his academic success.

The Indianapolis renovation queen might have pioneered HGTV’s future in the latest season of Good Bones. 

The Indy native, IU grad, and former Carmel cop is now a Hollywood actor co-starring in Love Lies Bleeding with Kristen Stewart, as well as a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister coming this summer.

If the soreness of one's writing hand is a gauge of literary success, Indy-based novelist John Green is on a tear. He recently inscribed every copy of his new young-adult book, The Fault in Our Stars (Dutton Juvenile), out this month, and needed steroid treatments to sign all 150,000 autographs. "When I did a bad one, I wrote a secret URL on the page that takes you to a video of me apologizing for the bad signature," says the 34-year-old, who has a huge fan base online. Half a million people subscribe to his YouTube channel, Vlogbrothers, on which Green and his brother Hank do stuff like perform Star Trek parody songs and discuss the travails of the writing process. Like Twihards and Gleeks, their fans even have a nickname: Nerdfighters.

"If you want the arts to thrive in your area, you have to support them with funding. Apparently, our community’s priorities are elsewhere."

Warner Bros. asked Porky's director Bob Clark to make a sequel to his blockbuster sex comedy. He said he would—if the studio would bankroll A Christmas Story.