Dec 12 ‘A Star Is Born’ tops SAG Awards nominations By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The other nominees for the group's top award, best ensemble, were: "Black Panther," ''Bohemian Rhapsody," ''BlacKkKlansman" and "Crazy Rich Asians."… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 6:18 Kerry Washington desperately searches for her ‘American Son’ on Broadway By Jeffrey Brown In a sparse room at a Miami police station, parents learn that there has been a confrontation between their son and the police -- and something very bad may have happened. Actress Kerry Washington stars in "American Son," a new… Continue watching
Dec 11 4 journalists and a newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year By Associated Press The group, which Time calls the "guardians," includes slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed two months ago when he visited Saudi Arabia's consulate in Turkey for paperwork so he could get married. Continue reading
Dec 10 Watch 2:32 NPR’s Peter Sagal on prioritizing time ‘without input’ The latest episode of our series In My Humble Opinion features Peter Sagal, the storied host of NPR’s "Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!" Sagal laments how little time we spend with our own thoughts and recommends escaping our “digital dystopia” of… Continue watching
Dec 10 Writing has ‘got to be weird before it gets good,’ says Casey Gerald By Elizabeth Flock Casey Gerald, author of the memoir "There Will Be No Miracles Here," says his editor is the first person "to ever seriously hold space for me to be fully, strangely, magically myself, in my work."… Continue reading
Dec 07 Kendrick Lamar leads Grammy noms; female artists make gains By Mesfin Fekadu, Associated Press Women are heavily represented in the major four categories following a year where their presence was barely felt. Continue reading
Dec 07 Kevin Hart steps down as Oscars host over his past anti-gay tweets By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian. Continue reading
Dec 06 Dick Cheney biopic ‘Vice’ tops list of Golden Globe nominees By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" led the pack with six nominations, followed by "A Star Is Born," "Green Book" and "The Favourite."… Continue reading
Dec 05 Former CBS chief Moonves allegedly destroyed evidence and misled investigators, report says By Associated Press A report by CBS lawyers outlines more allegations of sexual misconduct by longtime chief Les Moonves, The New York Times reported. It says investigators had received "multiple reports" about a network employee who was "on call" to perform oral sex… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch 6:10 The Met’s ‘Delacroix’ exhibit shows the artist in full “Delacroix,” a retrospective of the 19th century French painter Eugène Delacroix, is a blockbuster show running this month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An ambitious Romantic, Delacroix is known for such paintings as “Women of Algiers” and is considered… Continue watching