Feb 22 Ingredients for an Oscar Win: Cocktails for Your Viewing Party By Meredith P. Garretson Alcohol has often held a starring role on the silver screen. Academy Award-nominated actress Greta Garbo's opening line in the 1930 film "Anna Christine" (her first part in a "talkie" film) with the immortal words "Gimme a whisky, ginger ale… Continue reading
Feb 22 Americans Support Range of Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence Editor's note | This post was updated at 5:52 p.m. to correct the language around New York's gun law as it pertains to magazines. A little more than a month after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary… Continue reading
Feb 22 The Oscar Documentaries, Part 5: ‘5 Broken Cameras’ By Molly Finnegan We're talking to all of the filmmakers nominated this year for an Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary Feature, including David France, director of "How to Survive a Plague," Malik Bendjelloul ("Searching for Sugarman"), Kirby Dick… Continue reading
Feb 22 Live Chat: How Foreign Countries’ Gun Control Laws Compare to U.S. In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., gun control policy has sparked constant debate. As gun control laws and policies continue to shift in America, so too are changes occurring abroad. To offer… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch Oscar Front-Runners and Wild Cards in a ‘Good Year’ for Grown-Up Movies Oscar Front-Runners and Wild Cards in a 'Good Year' for Grown-Up Movies… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch Student Voices Chime in on Preventing School Shootings By PBS News Hour In the wake of the Newtown shootings, high school students who participate in NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs from all across the country shared their views on the gun debate in a Google Hangout moderated by Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Feb 21 Live Chat: Mind of a Rampage Killer What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help to understand these horrific events and provide any clues on how to prevent them in the future?… Continue reading
Feb 21 Test Your 2013 Oscars Knowledge By Tom LeGro Whether thumbs up or thumbs down, fresh tomatoes or rotten tomatoes, film critics will never run out of things to say about the Oscar-nominated movies. We've taken their punchy lines and are challenging you to guess which films they're praising… Continue reading
Feb 21 Best Picture? According to Whom? By Cindy Huang Every year, a number of critics will come out against certain picks and winners. Some will criticize the Academy Awards for misrepresenting of the world of cinema by leaving out worthy independent films, art house films and foreign films. Continue reading
Feb 21 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro Three boys wait to take part in the carnival at the IX Poetry Festival in Granada, Nicaragua, on Wednesday. This year's festival is dedicated to poet Ernesto Cardenal. Continue reading