May 02 Discussion questions on 'An Odyssey' By Elizabeth Flock "An Odyssey" is the story of what happens when Daniel Mendelsohn's 81-year-old father decides to sit in on his college course on the ancient Greek epic poem. Continue reading
May 02 'Mortal Kombat' inducted into Video Game Hall of Fame By Associated Press "Super Mario Kart," "Colossal Cave Adventure," and the ubiquitous "Solitaire" game built into Microsoft Windows were also given a spot in the hall of fame. Continue reading
Apr 30 'An Odyssey' is May's pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club By Elizabeth Flock "An Odyssey" is the story of what happened when Daniel Mendelsohn's 81-year-old father, Jay, enrolled in his college course on Homer's epic poem. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 6:21 'Brotopia' author Emily Chang answers your questions Emily Chang, author of our April pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about “Brotopia.” Plus, Jeff announces the May book selection. Continue watching
Apr 30 'Hadestown' leads Tony Award nominations with 14 nominations By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press "Hadestown," singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell's Broadway debut, earned a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, followed by the jukebox musical "Ain't Too Proud," built around songs by the Temptations, which received a dozen nominations. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 6:39 T Bone Burnett on making music and fighting 'surveillance capitalism' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Between producing recordings for major music stars, writing soundtracks for films and TV and releasing a new album of his own, “The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space,” T Bone Burnett might be one of the busiest men in entertainment. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 3:08 Remembering Oscar-nominated director John Singleton Oscar-nominated film director John Singleton died Monday at age 51. He was taken off life support after suffering a stroke earlier in the month. Singleton's remarkable career launched with the critically acclaimed 1991 film “Boyz N the Hood,” about three… Continue watching
Apr 29 John Singleton, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, dies at 51 By Jake Coyle, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Singleton, the director of "Boyz N the Hood," made movies that probed the lives of black communities in his native Los Angeles and beyond. Continue reading
Apr 29 Director John Singleton to be taken off life support By Jake Coyle, Associated Press The 51-year-old director of "Boyz in the Hood," ''Poetic Justice" and other films has been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since he had a stroke on April 17. Continue reading
Apr 29 Protesters go bananas after artwork removed from Polish museum By Monika Scislowska The 1973 video "Consumer Art," by prominent artist Natalia LL, showing a young woman eating a banana with great pleasure, was removed from the National Museum in Warsaw last week after the new museum head was summoned to the Ministry… Continue reading