Mar 12 Watch 6:25 Record-breaking sale of digital creation makes history in art and cryptocurrency markets By Jeffrey Brown, Jaywon Choe Christie’s, the auction house, sold a work of art Thursday for a record-breaking $69.3 million for a piece that exists only digitally. The sale, reportedly made to an investor known by a pseudonym, is seen by many as history-making development… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 3:39 Unraveling the mystery of a pioneering American painter's missing work By Mike Melia, Tommy Walters, Lynsey Jeffery Imagine discovering that a painting on your wall is a long, lost masterpiece. In two recent cases, the story centers on Jacob Lawrence, a pioneering American modernist painter. Lydia Gordon, of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, is our… Continue watching
Mar 12 WATCH: How Yuh-Jung Youn's memories of her own great-grandmother inspired her 'Minari' role By Joshua Barajas Youn said she drew from her own experiences as a grandmother for the film, but also built the character of Soonja in "Minari" by relying on memories of her own great-grandmother, who was alive until Youn was 10 years old. Continue reading
Mar 12 Netflix tests a possible password-sharing crackdown By Mae Anderson, Associated Press Netflix confirmed the test, but did not say how many people were part of the test or if it was only in the U.S. or elsewhere. Continue reading
Mar 11 Digital artwork auctions for $69 million amid online craze By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Christie's said it also marks the first time a major auction house has offered a digital-only artwork with a non-fungible token as a guarantee of its authenticity. Known as NFTs, they have swept the online collecting world recently. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch 8:14 Leveraging the power of art to achieve 'community immunity' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The pandemic has highlighted structural inequities within American life, including a disproportionate impact on Black communities and poorer neighborhoods and access to and attitudes toward the vaccine. A new national public health campaign is trying to reach some Black Americans… Continue watching
Mar 10 Invalidations of Meghan's claims of racism hurt Black women By Christine Fernando, Associated Press As many Black women watched those social media conversations turn to questioning over whether racism affected treatment of Meghan by the British press and royal family, the headlines and discussions became painfully familiar. Continue reading
Mar 09 Buckingham Palace issues statement, says allegations of racism 'are taken very seriously' By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Buckingham Palace issued a statement Tuesday, saying the family was “saddened” to learn of the struggles that Harry and Meghan revealed this week — and that they would be taken very seriously. Continue reading
Mar 09 Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91 By Associated Press Norton Juster, the celebrated children's author who fashioned a world of his own in the classic "The Phantom Tollbooth" and went on to write such favorites as "The Dot and the Line" and "Stark Naked," has died at 91. Continue reading
Mar 08 Oprah's deft royal interview shows why she's still the media queen By Lynn Elber, Associated Press While the couple drew both strong support and rebukes for detailing why they fled Britain and their royal roles, Winfrey burnished her stature as a master interviewer with Sunday's special that rivaled "The Crown"' for drama and heartache. Continue reading