Feb 04 Watch 6:22 As the pandemic rages on, finding ways to mourn and remember By Jeffrey Brown, Maea Lenei Buhre Even as the pandemic rages on and deaths mount, communities, individuals and the federal government are finding ways to honor and keep loved ones close to their hearts. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."… Continue watching
Feb 04 ‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘Minari’ and Boseman lead Screen Actors Guild nominations By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Chadwick Boseman received posthumous nominations from the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards, while the Korean American family drama "Minari" and Spike Lee's Vietnam veteran drama "Da 5 Bloods" were among the nominees for best ensemble. Continue reading
Feb 04 Hunter Biden’s memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ publishes in April By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The book is called "Beautiful Things" and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse. Continue reading
Feb 04 Public viewing for Cicely Tyson at famed Harlem church By Associated Press The viewing for the actor, who died last week at age 96, will be held on Monday, Feb. 15, at Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. Continue reading
Feb 03 Country singer Morgan Wallen suspended from label after racial slur By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press The video, which was first published by TMZ on Tuesday night, showed him yelling profanities outside a home in Nashville, Tennessee. Wallen said in a statement to TMZ that he is embarrassed and sorry. Continue reading
Feb 03 Netflix once again dominates Golden Globe TV nominations By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Netflix built on its recent dominance at scooping up Golden Globe TV nominations Wednesday, getting 20 nods — nearly three times as many as its closest competitor, HBO. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: This Mary Chapin Carpenter song is like ‘good medicine’ By Joshua Barajas In her song "Farther Along and Further In," Mary Chapin Carpenter offers the gentlest of reminders that the act of becoming is beautiful. Continue reading
Feb 02 Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Mark Twain, dies at 95 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Award-winning character actor Hal Holbrook who toured the world as Mark Twain in a one-man show and uttered the immortal advice "Follow the money" in the political thriller "All the President's Men," has died. Continue reading
Feb 02 Chadwick Boseman earns nominations for NAACP Image Awards By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press Boseman scored nominations Tuesday for his work in the Netflix films "Da 5 Bloods" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." The actor died last year after he privately battled colon cancer. Continue reading
Feb 01 Actress Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press Wood is a star of HBO's "Westworld" and wrote Monday on Instagram that the rocker "horrifically abused me for years" and "left me brainwashed into submission."… Continue reading