Sep 30 Tony winner Gavin Creel dies of rare cancer at 48 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday. Continue reading
Sep 30 How Barbra Streisand, Dolly Parton and Martin Scorsese are paying tribute to Kris Kristofferson By Associated Press The singer-songwriter and actor died Saturday at his home in Hawaii surrounded by family at age 88. Continue reading
Sep 30 Kris Kristofferson, prolific songwriter and superstar actor, dies at 88 By Andrew Dalton, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press With his long hair and bell-bottomed slacks, he represented a new breed of country songwriters with his peers like Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tom T. Hall. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 3:49 A Brief But Spectacular take on living your best life while aging By Brief But Spectacular Ximena Abogabir is the co-founder of a Chilean organization dedicated to changing attitudes about aging. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on empowering people to live their best lives. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 6:40 Danzy Senna’s ‘Colored Television’ spotlights difficult realities of life with humor By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The new novel, “Colored Television” uses fiction and satire to spotlight sensitive and often difficult realities in American life. Jeffrey Brown discussed that with author Danzy Senna for our arts and culture series, CANVAS. Continue watching
Sep 27 Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and ‘Downton Abbey,’ dies at 89 By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Maggie Smith, the masterful, scene-stealing actor who won an Oscar in 1969 and gained new fans in the 21st century as the dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey” and Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, died Friday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 11:28 Hillary Clinton reflects on decades of service and how Harris can beat Trump By Amna Nawaz, Shrai Popat Hillary Clinton’s career in politics and public service spans more than 50 years. In her new book, “Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love and Liberty,” Clinton looks back on treasured moments in the White House, life since the… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 6:31 New book ‘What If We Get It Right?’ offers hopeful view of handling the climate crisis By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins One of the global problems addressed at the U.N. General Assembly is the climate crisis. Multiple wars and other geopolitical tensions have cast a particularly sobering shadow over whether nations can meet meaningful pledges. The new book, "What If We… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 6:40 New book ‘The Barn’ revisits the people and forces behind Emmett Till’s murder By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas Emmett Till's murder is one of the most harrowing events in American history. Till was 14 in 1955 when he was killed after a white woman accused him of making an advance toward her. Mississippi author Wright Thompson has a… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 6:58 Musician Nick Lowe on his legendary career and first new album in a decade By Tom Casciato One of rock and roll’s greatest songwriters is out with a brand new album. It's Nick Lowe's first full-length effort in nearly a dozen years and debuted as number one on the Billboard charts in the Americana/folk category. Special correspondent… Continue watching