Feb 22 WATCH: Video of R. Kelly shows 14-year-old girl, Avenatti says By Associated Press Attorney Michael Avenatti says a 14-year-old girl seen with R. Kelly on a video Avenatti turned over to prosecutors is among four victims in a newly released indictment charging the singer with aggravated sexual abuse. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 6:23 'Moonlight' writer hopes audiences leave his new play 'full of questions' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport The hit Broadway play “Choir Boy” chronicles an African-American prep school and its star pupil, the choir boy, who happens to be gay. Written by Tarell McCraney, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient, the play explores themes not often addressed publicly within… Continue watching
Feb 22 At the end of a bumpy year, 2019 Oscars may reward a Hollywood disrupter By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The best picture race to Sunday's 91st Academy Awards remains unpredictable, but odds makers peg Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" as the film most likely to triumph at the end of the night. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: R. Kelly charged with aggravated sexual abuse By Associated Press Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Friday afternoon announced the 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. They involve four victims, at least three of whom were younger than 17. Foxx said the sentencing range for aggravated sexual assault is… Continue reading
Feb 21 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento dead at 91 By Associated Press Known for composing in styles ranging from melody to dissonance, Argento earned the Pulitzer in 1975. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 7:34 Why Andy Warhol retrospective has special resonance in the Instagram age By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport A major Andy Warhol retrospective exhibit, the first organized by an American museum in decades, is on display at New York's Whitney Museum. Titled “Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again,” the show contains over 350 works. As… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 2:59 Remembering Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer and style icon Karl Lagerfeld, who died Tuesday at age 85, was a fashion legend synonymous with luxury. The German-born designer was particularly admired for reinventing the classic fashion house Chanel in an era when critics believed it had grown stale. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Feb 19 An annotated page from Meg Wolitzer's 'The Wife' By Elizabeth Flock Author Meg Wolitzer explains where she gets her settings and stories, why she set the book in the first person, and how she creates humor on the page. Continue reading
Feb 19 Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld dies at 85 By Thomas Adamson, Associated Press Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, whose accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the past 50 years, has died. He was around 85 years old. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 6:21 Jazz musician Terence Blanchard on the hardest thing about composing for film By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard has six Grammy Awards, but this year, he's received his first Oscar nomination, for his original score in the 2018 film “BlacKkKlansman.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Blanchard, who grew up in New Orleans,… Continue watching