Richard Adler, Broadway Composer And Lyricist, Dies
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View ArticleEphron: From 'Silkwood' To 'Sally,' A Singular Voice
Nora Ephron brought us two of the most indelible scenes in contemporary cinema — and they're startlingly different.There's the infamous "Silkwood shower," from the 1983 movie, with Meryl Streep as a...
View ArticlePieces Of AIDS Quilt Blanket Nation's Capital
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is too big to display all in one piece. Since 1987, it has grown to more than 48,000 panels that honor the lives of more than 94,000 people who have died of AIDS. The last time...
View ArticleKitty Wells, Pioneering Country Singer, Dies
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View ArticleIt Was All A Dream (Or: Turns Out Spoilers Are Good For You)
Chances are, if you're a regular reader of this blog you've read (or perhaps even posted) an incredibly vitriolic comment or two accusing the writer of the despicable crime of spoilers.Well, here's a...
View ArticleThe Ghostly Grandeur Of A Desert Graveyard
It's a raggedy moonscape; no lush green grass or tranquil arbors here. Concordia Cemetery in El Paso, Texas, just a few blocks from the Mexican border, is stark and dusty. It's overrun with crumbling...
View ArticleMarfa, Texas: An Unlikely Art Oasis In A Desert Town
This tiny town perched on the high plains of the Chihuahua desert is nothing less than an arts world station of the cross, like Art Basel in Miami, or Documenta in Germany.
View ArticleDavid Rakoff Saw The World In All Its Dark Beauty
When writer David Rakoff died Thursday at the age 47, he was barely the age he said he was always "meant" to be. In his 2010 memoir, Half Empty, he wrote, "Everyone has an internal age, a time in life...
View Article'2016: Obama's America' Shows Up Strong When Most Box Office Is Weak
The movie 2016: Obama's America just did something that's hard for any political documentary to accomplish: it took seventh place on the list of this weekend's highest grossing movies. Usually, when...
View ArticleYouTube Trends: Politics And Pop, Yes, But Education And Science, Too
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View ArticleHey, I Know That One: How SongPop Got Millions Of Players Naming That Tune
Today, four million people all over the world will log on to Facebook — or take out their phones — and play SongPop. This summer, it's become the fastest growing social game on Facebook, taking a run...
View ArticleAre All Young Artists 'Post-9/11' Artists?
When museum curator Nicholas Bell was putting together the show Craft Futures: 40 Under 40 at the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery, he realized the artists had something in common besides...
View ArticleWhen TV Shows Go To College, They Fail To Make The Grade
I was packing up my recording equipment after interviewing TV executive Susanne Daniels — for a different story— when she said, casually, "Have you ever noticed how there's never been a really great TV...
View ArticleMaking A Comedy Pilot? You Might Want To Call James Burrows
"It's staggering."That's Warren Littlefield, the former president of NBC, talking about the track record of sitcom director James Burrows. Tonight's premiere of Partners is his latest effort, but he's...
View ArticleJessica Lange, Back In Black For 'Horror Story'
To speak with Ryan Murphy about his show American Horror Story is to hear this declaration repeatedly: "She classes up the joint."Murphy is referring to his star, Jessica Lange, who recently won an...
View ArticleRatings Success? It's All In The (ABC) Family
In a sterile white boardroom in ABC Family's headquarters in Los Angeles, two young women are assiduously ignoring a spread of cookies in favor of two more important things: their laptops and a live...
View ArticleCultural Historian Jacques Barzun Dies At 104
Jacques Barzun, one of the most influential historians, educators and thinkers of the 20th century, died Thursday, just one month shy of his 105th birthday. Barzun seemed to have a limitless capacity...
View ArticleIn North Dakota, A Tale Of Two Ticket-Splitters
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Voters in North Dakota famously like to mix things up - sending one party to the White House; the other, to Congress. In a closely watched Senate race there, Democrat...
View ArticleR. Kelly's Queer, Campy 'Closet' Reopens
There's really been nothing like Trapped in the Closet ever before.R&B star R. Kelly has been making (and remaking) a series of short music videos that tell a flamboyant narrative in...
View ArticleThat's So Random: The Evolution Of An Odd Word
Random is a fighting word for young Spencer Thompson. The comedian posted a video to a Facebook page entitled I Hate When People Misuse the Word Random."The word random is the most misused word of our...
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