Aug 14 Why this novel about a Beijing crime syndicate starts in a California suburb By Courtney Vinopal Our August 2020 pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is Daniel Nieh’s “Beijing Payback.”… Continue reading
Aug 14 R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press R. Kelly's manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused… Continue reading
Aug 13 Playwright Jeremy O. Harris doesn’t miss ‘theater in a building’ By Tommy Walters How will theater weather the pandemic? Especially in its more fearless forms, it will always adapt to reach audiences, said the playwright behind "Slave Play."… Continue reading
Aug 13 ‘I will never forget that hug.’ Gloria Estefan ordered a hazmat suit to hug her grandson By Joshua Barajas Gloria Estefan says she plans on framing photographs of her wearing a hazmat suit as a memento capturing her and her family’s experience during the pandemic. Continue reading
Aug 13 AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening By Jake Coyle, Associated Press AMC Theatres, the nation's largest movie theater chain, will reopen in the U.S. on Aug. 20 with retro ticket prices of 15 cents per movie. Continue reading
Aug 12 Prosecutors charge 3 with threatening women in R. Kelly case By Jim Mustian, Associated Press Prosecutors said Wednesday that one of the men set fire to a vehicle in Florida outside a residence where one victim was staying and offered to pay another victim $500,000 to keep her from cooperating in Kelly's prosecution. Continue reading
Aug 11 Politically charged ‘black-ish’ episode gets belated home By Lynn Elber, Associated Press A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu. In a social media post, “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris said he can't wait for people to see the episode for themselves. Continue reading
Aug 11 Oprah Winfrey demanding justice for Breonna Taylor with billboards By Associated Press First, Oprah Winfrey put Breonna Taylor on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Now the media mogul is spreading her message with billboards demanding justice for the Kentucky woman shot to death during a police raid. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 6:11 Opening up the Smithsonian slowly and safely during COVID-19 By John Yang, Anne Azzi Davenport How is the 173-year-old, sprawling Smithsonian Institution slowly starting to welcome back the public? Of the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, only two attractions are currently open: the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar Hazy Center and the… Continue watching
Aug 10 How this writer and translator tapped into the ‘language of sports’ for his thriller By Courtney Vinopal In writing that character who would eventually become the protagonist of his debut novel, “Beijing Payback,” author Daniel Nieh said that he imagined someone who "lived within that poetic language of sports."… Continue reading