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What came first: the Mel Brooks movie or the cliché? The classic Hollywood Sci-Fi spaceship always gets gratuitous screentime from every camera angle. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood spaceship appears in a continuous one minute and 40 second scene detailing its ridiculous length. Learn more about the art of the Brooks trope (or, making the cliché absurd) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13daKNu
May 18, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Got Gatsby on the brain? Check out this 1920s cocktail recipe from PBS Food, and learn how Prohibition inspired an era of drunken excess in America. (via Tori Avey of The Shiksa: http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/great-gatsby-prohibition-fitzgerald/
May 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm
Career Advice to My Daughter on Graduation Day -- Next Avenue’s Work & Volunteering blogger, Nancy Collamer, offers career advice for the new crop of college graduates: http://to.pbs.org/16vI2LB
May 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm
After more than 10 years of failed attempts, scientists have successfully used cloning to create human embryonic stem cells.
Read more on NOVA Next: http://to.pbs.org/10735zF
May 18, 2013 at 11:09 am
Verdi’s classic Rigoletto…in Las Vegas? Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in this adaptation, airing on GREAT PERFORMANCES l PBS tonight at 9/8c. Watch the Act 1 duet online at http://to.pbs.org/13BhrsG
May 17, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn’t upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish. Learn more about the art of the Brooks stereotype (and turning it on its head) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13davBX
“Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres Monday, May 20th at 9/8c on PBS
May 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm
TONIGHT: PBS' MacNeil and Lehrer look back at the Senate Watergate hearings on PBS NewsHour. What do you remember?
Forty years ago, in the summer of 1973, Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer led public broadcasting's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings -- co-anchoring all 250 hours of the proceedings, and launching the beginnings of what the PBS NewsHour is today.
May 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Shown (L-R): Bryony Hannah as Cynthia, Dorothy Atkinson as Jane, Helen George as Trixie, Jessica Raine as Jenny
© Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions
May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Shown (L-R): Helen George as Trixie, Miranda Hart as Chummy, Jessica Raine as Jenny
©Laurence Cendrowicz/© Neal Street Productions
May 17, 2013 at 2:58 pm
We just reached 100 submissions for the This Land Is Your Land Project! That's 100 covers for 100 years of Woody Guthrie! See the 100th cover from American Masters | PBS at http://to.pbs.org/11TjmWB. You still have until June 15th to submit your cover!
May 17, 2013 at 10:16 am
Do you know a "slacktivist"? That's someone who "likes" causes and posts political stories without taking action. You're not alone: a Pew study found that 17% of politically active people on social media never take other political action online or off : http://to.pbs.org/13vE3uL
May 17, 2013 at 1:00 am
Can you name these civil rights pioneers? See if you can name all three. Visit PBS Black Culture Connection to learn more about them and many more at http://to.pbs.org/106veqv
May 16, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Get the inside scoop on your favorite programs coming to PBS and PBS KIDS, straight from the PBS Annual Meeting. Check out tweets, photos and more about these sneak peeks, right here:
PBS's Annual Meeting convened in Miami in May 2013. The meeting brings together people from local PBS stations around the country, producers and others to talk about upcoming PBS and PBS KIDS programming of all types. Here are some highlights from Day Two of the PBS A
May 16, 2013 at 4:10 pm
The suicide rate among older adults has risen nearly 30% over the last 10 years. Why are boomers particularly at risk? (via Next Avenue)
The new CDC report on U.S. suicide rates makes one thing very clear: We have a national crisis on our hands.
May 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm
A herd of zebra file to drink from the Boteti River in Botswana’s arid Makgadikgadi Pans, where these striped nomads walk more than 2,500 miles a year to feed themselves. Be sure to watch Nature | PBS - The Great Zebra Exodus tonight at 8/7c: http://to.pbs.org/13xiwBP
May 15, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Just announced! PEG + CAT, a new preschool series, to premiere on PBS KIDS Monday, October 7, 2013! Learn more: http://to.pbs.org/10lZNrJ
May 15, 2013 at 4:15 pm
From PBS Food: If you are having chicken for dinner, it doesn't have to be boring! Inject your chicken with a honey soy flavor topped with sweet chili glaze: http://to.pbs.org/13Tolsz
May 15, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Ken Burns talking about his new projects, a new character on Sesame Street, independent film, science, nature, history, an announcement about Downton Abbey and much more were the focus of the PBS Annual Meeting yesterday See photos, tweets and reactions from the meeting's first day here. What looks good to you?
PBS's Annual Meeting convened in Miami in May 2013. The meeting brings together people from local PBS stations around the country, producers and others to talk about upcoming PBS and PBS KIDS programming of all types. Here are some highlights from Day One of the PBS Annual Meeting.
May 15, 2013 at 9:59 am
Angelina Jolie announced today that she'd undergone a preventive double mastectomy. "I carry a 'faulty' gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer," she wrote. "My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer."
But many women can’t afford genetic tests that would tell them if they’re at risk. Gene patents may be part of the reason why. Read this excellent NOVA Next piece to learn more: http://to.pbs.org/1389hu8
May 15, 2013 at 1:00 am
Do you know how much information about you is available online? Learn more about privacy and the Constitution by tuning in to Constitution USA with Peter Sagal tonight at 9/8c on PBS.
May 14, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Today MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre) announced the premiere of Downton Abbey Season 4 -- Jan. 5, 2014. In this video, cast members offer their thoughts on what might be ahead for their characters in the new season.
What might be ahead for some of your favorite Downton Abbey characters in Season 4? The cast offer their surprising thoughts and insights in this exclusive M...
May 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm
A new "Blank on Blank" archival interview from PBS Digital Studios. In this newly animated interview from 1992, Wilt Chamberlain talks about both the benefits and hassles of being a (very) tall person.
"I think a lot of ladies found me so attractive because I was different." - Wilt Chamberlain Original interview aired in 1992 on "Sports Innerview with Ann L...
May 14, 2013 at 4:10 pm
It's not just yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. There are other types of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment. Tonight at 9/8c catch Constitution USA with Peter Sagal on PBS to learn more.
May 14, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Reading this while finishing an email and watching TV? We have an article for you:
Modern technology pushes us to multitask. But a neuroscientist says we should do just the opposite.
May 14, 2013 at 10:10 am
Why do cats dominate the Internet -- and not dogs? PBS MediaShift's Terri Thornton traces the dominance of cats from the Ancient Egyptians to Grumpy Cat. Do you hate or love cat videos? http://to.pbs.org/17kM0pH
May 13, 2013 at 10:00 pm
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2 for $25 DVDs are back on ShopPBS! Save on 200+ items including From Jesus to Christ, Inspector Lewis 4, & more. http://t.co/bYt3t1t6Fs
Tonight is drama night on @PBS, w/ season finales of Call the Midwife & @masterpiecepbs's Mr. Selfridge. Preview: http://t.co/5sjLDJ3xOx
What's that 'Noise' you hear? It's Mel Brooks http://t.co/CKdQ893zjt via @USATODAY (he's on #AmericanMasters Monday night at 9/8c)
RT @novapbs: We're hiring a Digital Producer to work on NOVA Labs, a virtual research platform for teens: http://t.co/m15r43uzK7
Got Gatsby on the brain? Make a 1920s cocktail from @PBSFood & @TheShiksa: http://t.co/zjFLxs8gk4
Celebrities visit Selfridge & Co., but will tragedy strike? Find out on @masterpiecepbs #SelfridgePBS tomorrow @ 9/8c http://t.co/w8T8QPzCWq
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#CoveringWatergate: On tonight's @NewsHour, 40 years later w/ MacNeil and Lehrer http://t.co/yG4ORCldB9
On tonight's @NewsHour, we look back at the Senate Watergate hearings w/ Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer http://t.co/yG4ORCldB9
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