May 12 Tina Turner, Jay-Z and Go-Go's lead 2021 Rock Hall of Fame inductees By David Bauder, Associated Press The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will induct Jay-Z, Foo Fighters and the Go-Go's, elected this year on the first ballot. They will join Tina Turner, Carole King and Todd Rundgren as performers ushered into the Rock Hall. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 6:54 In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world — and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tells the story… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 6:08 Ziwe on using humor, vulnerability and honesty to discuss race in America By Amna Nawaz, Maea Lenei Buhre, Lynsey Jeffery, Joshua Barajas There’s a rising voice in late-night comedy: Ziwe Fumudoh. The comedian, who goes by her first name, debuted her no-holds-barred take on race and social issues in America on television on Sunday in a new self-titled sketch show. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
May 10 Amid outcry, NBC says it will not air Golden Globes in 2022 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The press association is facing possible boycotts from Netflix, Warner Bros. and many Hollywood stars following an investigative report in February that recounted the organization's questionable record on diversity. Continue reading
May 08 Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88 By Hillel Italie, Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock ’n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favorites as “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality” and the semi-forbidden “Stagger Lee,” has died. He was 88. Continue reading
May 07 Watch 6:02 Newton Minow's concern for children transformed TV. Here's what he'd still change 60 years ago this Sunday — on May 9, 1961 — then Head of the FCC, Newton Minow, gave his first major speech, declaring U.S. television programming a "vast wasteland," because he saw the missed opportunities of what TV could… Continue watching
May 07 Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales in the coming days to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 7:24 The 'ignored characters' of the pandemic and why their premonitions were pushed aside By William Brangham, Alison Thoet A new book shows that there were a handful of researchers, scientists and public health officials who seemed to have an early, prescient understanding of how bad the pandemic would hit the U.S., and what we could do to avert… Continue watching
May 06 A lightning round with Ziwe, late-night's newest host By Lynsey Jeffery Ahead of the premiere of Ziwe's new late-night show, we had some rapid-fire questions of our own. Continue reading
May 05 Watch 6:18 New book explores cultural forces at play in the 1970's, and how they influenced America By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet A new book argues the 1970's was a moment when TV, movies, and music all shifted into a new gear, changing the cultural landscape in ways that continue to today. Jeffrey Brown has a conversation with author Ron Brownstein about… Continue watching