Feb 26 Watch 6:12 Afghan activist’s memoir details her inspirational fight to educate women By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold When the Taliban roared back to power in Afghanistan in 2021, education activist Pashtana Durrani had some 7,000 girls enrolled in her organization. The schools were shuttered and Pashtana was forced to flee. She’s now living in exile in the… Continue watching
Feb 26 Don Henley testifies in case over handwritten drafts for ‘Hotel California’ and other songs By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the most successful bands in rock history, is prosecutors' star witness in an unusual criminal trial. Continue reading
Feb 25 ‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone score wins at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards By Jake Coyle, Associated Press “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Continue reading
Feb 23 Wendy Williams has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD? By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD. It affects parts of the brain controlling behavior and language. Continue reading
Feb 22 Watch 9:07 Opera legend Renee Fleming teams up with Dr. Francis Collins to study how music can improve health By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Giants in their fields of music and science are merging their knowledge to propel advancements in body and mind. A recent international gathering of researchers, therapists and artists took stock of what is known and what is yet to be… Continue watching
Feb 21 Jury selection begins in ‘Rust’ weapons supervisor’s trial for fatal 2021 Alec Baldwin shooting By Morgan Lee, Associated Press Prosecutors are pursuing accountability in the 2021 death of a cinematographer who was shot by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal for the Western movie “Rust."… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 6:43 Exhibit chronicles rich history of independent Black cinema By Jeffrey Brown, Mary Fecteau Film buffs will frequently cite "Citizen Kane" or "Gone with the Wind" as early classics. But a new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts seeks to showcase lesser-known Black filmmakers and actors who have a rich history of their… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 7:20 Actor Paul Giamatti discusses his Oscar-nominated performance in ‘The Holdovers’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport In whatever he appears in, Paul Giamatti makes an impression, whether that's in films or television, or as lead or character actor. Last month he won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film, “The Holdovers," a role… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 7:29 ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ reveals how music’s stars came together to make history By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas In 1985, the biggest American pop stars all gathered in one Los Angeles studio, for one night only, to record "We Are the World," a song that raised tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid for Africa. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Feb 14 Climate activists again target art, this time Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ By Associated Press Under a new law, the protesters risk up to six months of jail time. Continue reading