Arts Nov 24 Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark Jamaican film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81 Cliff was nominated for seven Grammys and won twice for best reggae album.
Arts Nov 20 Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards The night’s honorees expressed gratitude for prizes bestowed and for literature itself, and horror and disenchantment at the political and social climate, from immigration raids in the U.S. by masked agents to the carnage in the Middle East.
Arts Oct 28 $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next…
Nation Oct 01 Stephen King is the most banned author in U.S. schools, PEN report says PEN America's "Banned in the USA," released Wednesday, tracks over 6,800 instances of books being pulled for the 2024-2025 school year.
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.