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The trigger for this post is the publication of a new book on Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, "Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini." The author, Emory University art historian Sarah McPhee, is the daughter of New Yorker writer…

The Olympics are over but there's another huge sporting event that will also soon start in London. 4,000 athletes from 150 countries will compete at the London Paralympic Games, which open on August 29. Our partners at WGBH have been…

Phyllis Diller is remembered Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The trailblazing comic and actress died earlier in the day at the age of 95.