Apr 26 Watch 4:00 Remembering Jonathan Demme, acclaimed director of eclectic, edgy films By PBS News Hour Jonathan Demme earned critical and commercial success with "Silence of the Lambs," but his career as a film director went beyond crime-thrillers. He made acclaimed dramas, comedies and concert movies, too. Hari Sreenivasan remembers Demme, who died Wednesday at the… Continue watching
Apr 07 WATCH: That time comic legend Don Rickles roasted PBS By Joshua Barajas Just watch the clip, ya hockey puck. Continue reading
Mar 20 David Rockefeller, billionaire philanthropist and businessman, dies at 101 By Erica R. Hendry, Joshua Barajas “The spirit of civic responsibility that defined his career brought great public benefits to our city and country, and it inspired so many others to become more involved in philanthropy and public affairs,” former New York mayor Bloomberg said. Continue reading
Feb 17 Bob Michel, GOP leader skilled at deal-making, dies at age 93 By Will Lester, Associated Press Bob Michel, an affable Illinois congressman who served as leader of the Republican House minority for 14 years, died Friday. He was 93. Continue reading
Feb 10 How the Grammy Awards' 'In Memoriam' tributes are made By Joshua Barajas With so many big stars lost this past year -- Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael -- who will win a spot and who will be left out?… Continue reading
Jan 26 Love is all around: Mary Tyler Moore fans pay tribute to the TV icon By Joshua Barajas How Moore—who changed the way a woman was portrayed, seen and heard on television—was revolutionary to people, big and small. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 6:34 TV pioneer Mary Tyler Moore was a modern woman's role model By PBS News Hour She had an iconic smile and laugh, but actress and comedian Mary Tyler Moore was also a revolutionary. The Oscar-nominated actress famously played a single career woman next door and a quirky housewife, changing how women were portrayed. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Jan 10 Journalist who broke the story of start of World War II dies at 105 By Lorna Baldwin Her biggest scoop came at age 27, just days into her rookie reporting career. Hollingworth was reporting in southern Poland for Britain's Daily Telegraph when she decided to investigate what was happening across the border. Continue reading
Dec 29 Debbie Reynolds, 'Singin' in the Rain' star, dead at 84 By Alison Thoet Singer, actress and Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds died Wednesday at age 84, just one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Continue reading
Dec 26 Russia mourns victims of Christmas Day airplane crash By News Desk People lay flowers and lit candles Monday in Russia, which held a national day of mourning, for the 92 passengers and crew of an airplane that crashed into the Black Sea on Christmas Day. Continue reading