Oct 26 Watch 5:39 For Hilary Swank, a ‘vulnerable’ role as the daughter of an Alzheimer’s patient By Jeffrey Brown The new film “What They Had” explores the painful journey of a family coping with an Alzheimer’s diagnosis. Its accomplished cast includes Blythe Danner as an ailing mother and Hilary Swank as the daughter who comes home to care for… Continue watching
Oct 26 Watch 3:22 Comedian Hasan Minhaj on political satire and ‘the American Dream Tax’ By Steve Goldbloom Hasan Minhaj, a former correspondent for “The Daily Show,” grew up in California as the son of immigrants, experiencing childhood as a "brown kid in America." With his new show "Patriot Act" premiering this week on Netflix, Minhaj shares his… Continue watching
Oct 26 PHOTOS: Meet the wolves and humans who inspired ‘American Wolf’ By Elizabeth Flock See photos of O-Six, known as the most famous wolf in the world, as well as as her pack. Continue reading
Oct 25 Prime-time TV reaches record-high percentage of LGBTQ characters, study shows By Lynn Elber, Associated Press While the percentage of regularly seen LGBTQ characters on scripted broadcast series rose from last year's 6.4 percent to hit an all-time high of 8.8 percent, GLAAD said the TV industry is still falling short. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 5:46 Octavio Solis on growing up a ‘skinny brown kid’ on the U.S.-Mexico border By Jeffrey Brown As politicians spar over immigration, playwright Octavio Solis recounts his childhood as a “skinny brown kid” in El Paso in his memoir “Retablos”. Solis says that though he was in the U.S. legally, Border Patrol would ask him to recite… Continue watching
Oct 22 A journalist’s death by a repressive government, remembered in verse By Lora Strum Marie Colvin "was killed in an attempt to silence her and others reporting from that place,” poet and friend Alan Jenkins said. Continue reading
Oct 22 2 rarely seen Hemingway stories will be published next year By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The director of Hemingway's literary estate, Michael Katakis, told The Associated Press recently that "The Monument" and "Indian Country and the White Army" will be included with a special reissue of the author's classic "For Whom the Bell Tolls."… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch 9:29 Documentary sheds light on World War II’s #MeToo generation By PBS News Weekend During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army forced more than 200,000 women into sex slavery. This week, POV is airing “The Apology,” a documentary following three of those "comfort women," who came forward with their stories after decades… Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch 7:09 Moab Music Festival draws fans to Utah’s ethereal desert By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman For the past 26 years, the Moab Music Festival has been attracting fans from around the world for some of the most unique performances of classical and chamber music. During three weeks in September, the southwestern town, located near Arches… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:17 ‘Beautiful Boy’ resonates for a country gripped by addiction By Jeffrey Brown A harrowing, timely film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this fall opens around the country today. "Beautiful Boy" chronicles meth addiction and recovery through the eyes of a father and his afflicted son. Jeffrey Brown speaks… Continue watching