Jan 20 ‘Parasite’ becomes 1st foreign language film to win top SAG award By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The win sets the film up as a legitimate best picture contender at next month’s Academy Awards. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 1:49 Black Comic Book Festival draws thousands in Harlem By Karla Murthy, Melanie Saltzman New York's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture celebrated the tradition of black comics this weekend with its annual Black Comic Book Festival. Thousands attended the two-day exhibition in Harlem, which also featured screenings, panel discussions and a cosplay… Continue watching
Jan 17 Depression-era New York, through the art of children By Joshua Barajas By the Great Depression, community access to the arts had dried up, until federal art centers opened up to help fill in the gaps. A new exhibit displays paintings done by children at community art centers in New York City. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 6:07 How a revitalized recording studio is bringing Georgia’s Macon into the spotlight By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour Many a masterpiece has been recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Georgia. Otis Redding’s manager, Phil Walden, co-founded the label, and Capricorn went on to produce a decade of southern rock hits. But as the music industry changed, Capricorn… Continue watching
Jan 17 Portrait found in Italian gallery’s walls verified as stolen work by Klimt The authentication of the painting announced Friday solved one of the art world's enduring mysteries. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 4:52 Kim Phuc’s Brief But Spectacular take on pain and forgiveness A photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc as a nine-year-old girl enduring a napalm attack became a defining image of the Vietnam War. Healing has been a decades-long process. Now living in Canada, Kim Phuc shares her Brief But Spectacular… Continue watching
Jan 15 Whitney Houston, Notorious B.I.G. to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame By David Bauder, Associated Press The annual induction ceremony will take place May 2 at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 6:23 The ‘Little Women’ family of Oscar fame originated in the author’s actual home By Jared Bowen, WGBH This year’s film version of “Little Women” received six Oscar nominations, including one for best picture. Author Louisa May Alcott was inspired to write her landmark novel, which was based on her own family, at Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts. Continue watching
Jan 14 Spike Lee will be the first black person to lead Cannes Film Festival jury By Angela Charlton, Associated Press American director Spike Lee will lead the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the first black person to hold the post in the event’s 73-year history. Continue reading
Jan 14 WATCH: Greta Gerwig on the power of an Oscar nomination for female directors By Joshua Barajas On Monday, Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, but Gerwig was notably left of the Best Director list. Weeks before, Gerwig told the PBS NewsHour about what being nominated in the past has… Continue reading