A new biography traces the life of Denis Johnson, the brilliant nonconformist who wrote “Tree of Smoke,” “Train Dreams” and the story collection “Jesus’ Son,” which “detonated across American letters and has never really stopped detonating,” as our critic Dwight Garner put it.

Around 80 million people in parts of 35 states are forecast to experience single-digit or below-zero temperatures through Monday, with cold temperature records possible in 14 states.

Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty.

From supernatural romances and festive specials to heavy-hitting documentaries and frontier westerns, this week’s OTT slate is packed across languages in December first week in Amazon Prime Video, Netflix,

"South Park" is about to say goodbye for the year with its season 28 finale. Here's when the episode will air and how to watch all the new episodes.

Is Aaron Rodgers playing this week? Steelers' QB news gets final injury report originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Chicago Bears in a matchup of two playoff contenders on Sunday.

It’s no secret that Bon Appétit editors cook a lot for work. So it should come as no surprise that we cook a lot during our off hours too. Here are the recipes we’re whipping up this month to get dinner on the table, entertain our friends, satisfy a sweet tooth, use up leftovers, and everything in between. For even more staff favorites, click here.

An AccuWeather map shows where the outlet expects a winter storm to bring snow and ice in the central and eastern U.S. this week.