Aug 07 Watch 7:39 Why do most movies still fail to reflect U.S. diversity? By PBS News Hour In a survey of the 100 top grossing films between 2007 and 2014, 30 percent of all speaking or named characters were women; less than 30 percent of such roles went to actors who were not white. Jeffrey Brown talks… Continue watching
Aug 07 Here's what happened when we tried to write a list of films by and starring women of color By Corinne Segal A report released Wednesday focusing on the top-grossing films of the last seven years makes one thing clear: women and people of color are sorely underrepresented in Hollywood. Continue reading
Aug 07 How opera helped a young singer from Ferguson succeed By Nine Network As the anniversary of Michael Brown's death approaches this weekend, young opera singer Melvin Bozeman reflected on his experience with the police in Ferguson and how the arts drove him to succeed. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch 8:07 How funny man Jon Stewart became a serious influence By PBS News Hour Called the nation's "satirist in chief," Jon Stewart’s comedic rants and skewering of the daily news have had far-reaching influence on media and politics. Now he's leaving The Daily show after 16 years. Jeffrey Brown looks back at Stewart’s impact. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch 2:41 'Moneyball' author Michael Lewis on what execs and elites often overlook By PBS NewsHour 'Moneyball' author Michael Lewis on what execs and elites often overlook… Continue watching
Aug 06 5 times 'The Daily Show' actually influenced policy By Corinne Segal As Jon Stewart prepares the leave "The Daily Show," we looked back at the moments the show and its alums crossed into the world of policy. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 8:23 Civil War tragedy 'Cold Mountain' inspires opera By PBS News Hour "Cold Mountain," the bestselling Civil War novel by Charles Frazier, tells the story of a Confederate soldier who decides he has had enough and walks away in search of the woman he left behind. Now that epic has been distilled… Continue watching
Aug 05 Opera singer takes 'bathroom break' to a whole new level By artsdesk Jay Hunter Morris, an operatic tenor who appears in the world premiere of the Santa Fe Opera's "Cold Mountain," showed the NewsHour's Jeff Brown his favorite location to prepare before going on stage. Continue reading