Mar 16 Disney workers plan walkout to protest Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week to protest CEO Bob Chapek's slow response in publicly criticizing Florida's so-called Don't Say Gay legislation. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 6:56 Poet Cornelius Eady on exploring the everyday lives of Black people in America By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The National Book Critics Circle is presenting the Black poetry group "Cave Canem” with the inaugural Toni Morrison Achievement Award, saying “no institution has played such a definitive role in shaping the poetry of the 21st century.” For our CANVAS… Continue watching
Mar 14 March Madness brings back pre-pandemic energy By Eddie Pells, Associated Press College basketball fans hungering for a return to normal this March should feel happy. Continue reading
Mar 14 Dolly Parton declines Rock Hall of Fame nomination By Associated Press The music icon has announced she is pulling out of this year’s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hasn't “earned that right.”… Continue reading
Mar 13 'The Power of the Dog' wins best picture at BAFTAs By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Jane Campion was also named best director for “The Power of the Dog,” only the third woman to win the prize in the awards’ seven-decade history. Continue reading
Mar 13 William Hurt, star of 'Broadcast News,' 'Body Heat,' dies By Jake Coyle, Associated Press William Hurt, whose laconic charisma and self-assured subtlety as an actor made him one of the 1980s foremost leading men in movies such as “Broadcast News," “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Continue reading
Mar 13 Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine By Pamela Sampson, Associated Press The 50-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas, native was gathering material for a report about refugees when his vehicle was hit at a checkpoint in Irpin, just outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 3:26 Kara Jackson's Brief But Spectacular take on honoring her lineage By Melissa Williams Kara Jackson is known for being the 2019-2020 National Youth Poet Laureate from Oak Park, Illinois. But her art is not limited to one medium or one place. She writes poems but also essays and music that explore her family… Continue watching
Mar 11 Author Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The PEN literary award is given to "an important writer whose work has drawn a wide audience and who helps us understand the human condition in original and powerful ways."… Continue reading
Mar 11 Actor Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail for lying about staged hate attack By Don Babwin, Kathleen Foody, Associated Press Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 30 months of felony probation, with five months served in the county jail. Continue reading