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Oscar winner, 'Sound of Music' star Christopher Plummer dies

By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.

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."…

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.