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Ballerina Diary

American Ballet Theatre: A History

A Day in the Life of a Dancer

Gillian Murphy, a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, shares a diary entry from her jam-packed rehearsal day. After company class, she rehearsed dances for 6.5 hours to prepare for American Ballet Theatre's 75th anniversary season. The journal also records the dancer's meals and to-do ...

Bing Crosby Singing

Bing Crosby Rediscovered

The Soundtrack of Bing Crosby Rediscovered

American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered – The Soundtrack features songs heard in the documentary, including 16 previously unreleased recordings, and is available now via Bing Crosby Archive and Universal Music Enterprises. The 22 songs on the soundtrack are available to listen to here on American ...

Bing Crosby Records

Bing Crosby Rediscovered

Bing by the Numbers. His Amazing Music Records

Place your cursor over the image for the answer! Bing Crosby by the Numbers in the Music Bing Crosby has sold close to one billion records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads around the world. He may be the biggest selling recording artist of all ...

American Masters Who Shaped Black History

In honor of Black History Month, American Masters looks at a selection of its archive to highlight artists and advocates who shaped America's culture, changed the course of history, and took a stand in the Civil Rights Movement to create a lawful and just society ...

Path-to-Catcher-in-the-Rye

J.D. Salinger: SALINGER

Infographic: The Path to The Catcher in the Rye

In 1951 J.D. Salinger published The Catcher in the Rye, a debut novel that became one of the best known works in American literature. The book's beloved anti-hero, Holden Caulfield, had been making appearances in Salinger's writing since 1941. Follow the milestones in Salinger's career ...

Space Balls Mel Brooks Infographic

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Spaceballs: The Art of the Trope (or, making the cliché absurd)

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.