Summer Box Office: Good, Not Great

Movie grosses this summer just about matched last year's big numbers. But it wouldn't have happened without Batman

• How Batman Broke the Record
• Iron Man, Speed Racer and the Future

Muriel Barbery: An Elegant Quill

Readers of English can now enjoy Muriel Barbery's prickly and popular novel on class and culture

Studio Offers Valkyrie Extras Settlement

A German film studio has offered to negotiate a settlement with a dozen extras who were injured on the set of the Tom Cruise film Valkyrie

The iTunes Primary: No Contest

In the electoral college of rock, Joel Stein reports from Denver, the Democrats hold a commanding lead

• Top 10 Summer Songs

Updating Beverly Hills, 90210

Eighteen years after the original show debuted, the Peach Pit reopens for business. And times have changed

• Don't Hate It Because It's Beautiful

Tuned In

In Summ(er)ation

The best of summer TV 2008. The worst of summer TV 2008. Go.

Looking Around

No Labor Day

At least no labor for me — I'm taking today off. Back Tuesday. Meanwhile I've left a pair of Courbet workers to take my place.

Exploring Chinese Luxury

For Blanc de Chine, history provides a wealth of inspiration; jewelry designer Michelle Ong talks about her line for Carnet, and use your mother as an excuse to get the best tour of the Olympic city of Beijing

She is going back to jail Saturday.

• LEONARD PADILLA,
• a bounty hunter who had posted bond for Florida woman Casey Anthony, who was being held on the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter Caylee. DNA matches a strand of hair — found in a car linked to Casey — to her daughter