Sep 15 Kennedy Center board votes to close over Trump naming dispute and financial trouble By Steven Sloan, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close the center over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter. Continue reading
Sep 15 'Widow's Bay' breaks record with 14 Emmy wins, including best comedy series By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press The first-season horror comedy was created by Katie Dippold about a New England island community reckoning with a centuries-old curse. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 6:15 Comedian Jenny Yang takes act to stages inside immigrant grocery stores By Jeffrey Brown, Sam Lane, Sam Weber As the challenges facing immigrant communities continue to make headlines, comedian and writer Jenny Yang is taking a different approach in her nationwide stand-up tour to raise awareness of those difficulties. Senior Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown caught up with her… Continue watching
Sep 14 Bob Mackie, fashion designer who dressed the stars and defined '70s glamour, dies at 87 By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s died Monday at 87. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 6:39 Roy Cohn's continued influence on politics and Trump traced in 'American Scoundrel' By Jeff Brown, Sam Weber, Laine Immell, Hunter Bonaparte For decades, Roy Cohn operated at the center of American power, from his work with Sen. Joseph McCarthy to his role as a lawyer, political fixer and mentor to a young Donald Trump. Biographer Kai Bird traces Cohn’s life and… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 10:53 Lonnie Bunch on his legacy and protecting the Smithsonian from political pressure By Geoff Bennett, Anne Azzi Davenport, Courtney Norris, Hunter Bonaparte, Amalia Huot-Marchand Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced that he is stepping down as the institution he leads faces an escalating battle with the Trump administration over how it tells the American story. Geoff Bennett spoke with Bunch about the political pressure, what’s… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 2:16 91-year-old 'Grey Beard' is oldest person to hike entire Appalachian Trail By Lorna Baldwin Dale Sanders is a 91-year-old hiker who just became the oldest person ever to complete the Appalachian Trail. Amna Nawaz reports on the achievement of the man known as “Grey Beard.”… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 7:12 Remembering Gloria Steinem and her trailblazing fight for women's rights By Jeffrey Brown, Jackson Hudgins, Mary Fecteau Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist and activist who became one of the most recognizable voices of the modern women’s movement, has died at the age of 92. For more than half a century, Steinem challenged entrenched ideas about gender and… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 6:48 Painter Alex Katz reflects on his career and artistry ahead of 100th birthday By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Artist Alex Katz is an American great who just celebrated his 99th birthday. What better way to celebrate than to have an exhibition in Nice, France, this fall titled "Henri Matisse - Alex Katz." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown visited… Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch 6:03 Decades after Tupac Shakur's murder, Duane 'Keffe D' Davis convicted By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins After three decades, there is a conviction in one of the country’s most infamous unsolved killings. A Nevada jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 murder of hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur. Prosecutors argued he ordered the… Continue watching