Arts Sep 20 Sonny Curtis, rock ‘n’ roller who penned ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme, dies at 88 Curtis, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Crickets in 2012, died Friday, his wife of more than a half-century, Louise Curtis, confirmed to The Associated Press.
Arts Sep 15 Joy Reid and Percival Everett among winners of the 46th annual American Book Awards Former MSNBC host Reid, who left MSNBC in February soon after the network canceled her prime time show “The ReidOut, was awarded the foundation's anti-censorship prize.
Politics Aug 13 WATCH: Trump names Strait, Stallone and Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors and says he’ll host the awards show As the new chairman of the Kennedy Center, President Donald Trump added a highly personal stamp to this year's announcement of the recipients of the annual honors.
Politics Aug 01 Smithsonian removes Trump from an exhibit’s impeachment display, but says it’s temporary The Smithsonian Institution has removed from an exhibit a reference to President Donald Trump's two impeachments, a decision that comes as the White House exerts pressure to offer a more positive — and selective — view of American history. A spokesperson said the…
Arts Jul 15 Andrea Gibson, poetic explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49 Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday.
Arts Jun 11 Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys, dies at 82 Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.
Arts Jun 09 Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82 Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” has died.
Arts Jun 04 Edmund White, groundbreaking bard of gay literature, dies at 85 White documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as “A Boy’s Own Story” and “The Beautiful Room is Empty.”…
Arts May 28 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan dissident and author who was giant of global literature, dies at 87 The Kenyan man of letters wrote dozens of fiction and nonfiction books that traced his country's history from British imperialism to home-ruled tyranny and challenged not only the stories told but the language used to tell them.
Politics May 12 Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche, who defended Trump in hush money trial, named acting Librarian of Congress Blanche is a former federal prosecutor who was a key figure on Trump's defense team in his New York hush money trial, which ended in a conviction on 34 felony counts.