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
Feb 01 Author Jia Tolentino answers your questions about 'Trick Mirror' By Courtney Vinopal The author of our January pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club answered questions submitted by readers about her essay collection. Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 6:34 Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas on music and mentoring amid a pandemic By Jeffrey Brown, James Blue, Tommy Walters A symphony requires all musicians playing their parts in harmony, but the pandemic makes that delicate choreography all the more challenging. Jeffrey Brown talks to maestro Michael Tilson Thomas about that and passing the baton to a younger generation as… Continue watching
Feb 01 'Interior Chinatown' is our February book club pick By Courtney Vinopal Our February 2021 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Charles Yu’s "Interior Chinatown."… Continue reading