Feb 21 WATCH: Trump disparages Oscar win for ‘Parasite’ By Associated Press “What the hell was that all about?" Trump said. “We've got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of that, they give them best movie of the year."… Continue reading
Feb 20 Romantic painter J.M.W. Turner replaces Adam Smith on UK banknote By Associated Press A new British banknote features 19th century English painter J. M. W. Turner, best known for his oil paintings and watercolors of seascapes and other landscapes. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 6:53 This novel makes fun of your child’s meltdown A new, acclaimed novel takes a young child's meltdown and turns it into a surreal satire of modern life. In "Nothing to See Here," author Kevin Wilson uses a universal experience of parenthood to explore some incendiary family dynamics. Wilson… Continue watching
Feb 19 A museum thought it had a Rembrandt knockoff. Only it was real By Associated Press A nearly 400-year-old painting that had long been attributed to someone in Rembrandt’s workshop has now been judged to have been a work of the Dutch master himself. Continue reading
Feb 19 ‘Parasite’ director says he’s happy that a story about wealth inequality found fans By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Bong told reporters that the movie's story has not only "funny, comic" elements but also "bitter, painful natures" of the disparity between the haves and have-nots in modern society. Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: New historic footage of Marines shows larger battle at Iwo Jima By Greg Wilsbacher, The Conversation When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima – if they think of it at all, 75 years later – they think of one image: Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, the island’s… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 7:11 Her son’s language disorder inspired this cutting-edge art exhibit By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport At the exhibition "Speechless: Different by Design," touching pieces of art is actually encouraged. As Jeffrey Brown reports, the Dallas Museum of Art show -- created as a collaboration between designers and brain researchers -- explores how people interact with… Continue watching
Feb 18 Author Shane Bauer on being both prisoner and prison guard By Courtney Vinopal “Power struggles in prison are sometimes overtly violent, but mostly they are psychological and subtle,” he said. Continue reading
Feb 18 WATCH: Isabel Allende on studying real people for characters in her novels By Joshua Barajas When writer Isabel Allende creates characters for her novels, she often looks to real people as “models.” For a crime novel she wrote, Allende said she needed to connect with a member of the U.S. military. Continue reading
Feb 18 PHOTOS: After 500 years, Raphael’s tapestries return to the Sistine Chapel By Julia Griffin Twelve tapestries by Renaissance master Raphael are back on display in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, nearly five centuries since they were last shown in the space together. Continue reading