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Spielberg, Spike Lee and Queen Latifah among standouts in US arts and humanities honored by Biden
Read full article: Spielberg, Spike Lee and Queen Latifah among standouts in US arts and humanities honored by BidenPresident Joe Biden has honored acclaimed filmmakers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.
At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research
Read full article: At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through researchMiddle and high school students across the United States are taking ownership of their history educations through a nonprofit that encourages young people to rigorously examine the past.
PBS boasts slate of new shows unaffected by strikes, which it hopes will draw viewers in
Read full article: PBS boasts slate of new shows unaffected by strikes, which it hopes will draw viewers inThere's a broadcast television network offering plenty of original programming this fall, although it often flies under the radar.
'Ear Hustle' podcast co-host is free from San Quentin prison
Read full article: 'Ear Hustle' podcast co-host is free from San Quentin prisonA co-host of “Ear Hustle,” the Pulitzer Prize-nominated podcast produced behind bars, has been released from San Quentin State Prison, a year after California’s governor commuted his sentence.
Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seen
Read full article: Holocaust memorial: Kristallnacht photos were already seenIsrael’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has acknowledged that a series of photos from Nazi Germany’s 1938 pogroms against Jews have been seen and published before, revising a claim it made when releasing the photos last week.
'Philly on Fire,' 'Bella!' tie for Library of Congress prize
Read full article: 'Philly on Fire,' 'Bella!' tie for Library of Congress prizeDocumentaries about feminist leader and politician Bella Abzug and a deadly 1985 Philadelphia police bombing are the winners of this year’s Library of Congress film prize.
Cha-ching! Biden embraces his election-year fundraising role
Read full article: Cha-ching! Biden embraces his election-year fundraising rolePresident Joe Biden is picking up the pace of his high-dollar fundraisers for Democratic candidates and party committees in the closing weeks before Election Day in November.
New this week: 'The Handmaid’s Tale' and 'Goodnight Mommy'
Read full article: New this week: 'The Handmaid’s Tale' and 'Goodnight Mommy'This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Little Big Town and Marcus Mumford, “The Handmaid’s Tale” returns with high stakes for the future of Gilead, and twin brothers go to their mother’s house for a stay but find something is off about her in the film “Goodnight Mommy.”.
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89
Read full article: David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died.
New this week: 'Only Murders in the Building,' 'More Power'
Read full article: New this week: 'Only Murders in the Building,' 'More Power'This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Imagine Dragons, the reuniting of “Home Improvement” sitcom buddies Tim Allen and Richard Karn for “More Power” and the return of Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez as unlikely crime-solving New York City neighbors in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.”.
New this week: Camila Cabello, Tony Hawk and 'Tokyo Vice'
Read full article: New this week: Camila Cabello, Tony Hawk and 'Tokyo Vice'This week’s new entertainment releases include Camila Cabello's third album, a documentary about the life of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, and Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe starring in “Tokyo Vice,” a HBO Max crime drama.
Award-winning Civil War historian Stephen Oates dies at 85
Read full article: Award-winning Civil War historian Stephen Oates dies at 85Stephen Oates has died after a life that saw him become an award-winning Civil War historian who wrote biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Clara Barton, William Faulkner and others.
Luke Combs, Dan + Shay celebrated by peers at ACM Honors
Read full article: Luke Combs, Dan + Shay celebrated by peers at ACM HonorsDan + Shay, Luke Combs, Rascal Flatts and more country artists celebrated alongside prominent songwriters, producers and industry leaders at the Academy of Country Music Honors awards show.
PBS chief defends filmmaker Ken Burns, touts diversity
Read full article: PBS chief defends filmmaker Ken Burns, touts diversityFILE - Ken Burns, director of the PBS documentary series "Country Music," takes part in a panel discussion during the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on July 29, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Speaking Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, to the Television Critics Association in a virtual Q&A, PBS chief executive Paula Kerger rejected a filmmakers claim that public TVs long relationship with Burns has come at the expense of diversity. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – The chief executive of PBS rejected a filmmaker’s argument that public TV's 40-year relationship with documentarian Ken Burns has come at the expense of diversity. “We create lots of opportunities for many filmmakers,” Kerger said. "The stuff that’s coming up is incredibly diverse in every sense of the meaning of that word,” Burns said.
'60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers
Read full article: '60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewersFILE - "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl poses for a photo in her office at the "60 Minutes" offices, in New York on Sept. 12, 2017. It's not the first time that's been said about “60 Minutes” since its 1968 debut. After executive producer Bill Owens turned the show primarily over to COVID-19 coverage last spring, “60 Minutes” has returned to its traditional format while being focused on being timely. “60 Minutes” this fall has featured interviews with fired government cybersecurity chief Chris Krebs, former President Barack Obama and poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Original executive producer Don Hewitt often ran “60 Minutes” as an island unto itself.
Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment
Read full article: Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonmentNEW YORK – One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has a memoir coming out in the spring. The five Black and Latino teens were coerced into confessing to a rape they didn’t commit in 1989. Ken Burns made a documentary about them and Ava DuVernay directed a Netflix series. “One of the most powerful lessons I learned while being wrongfully incarcerated was that instead of going through something, I was going to grow through something," Salaam said in a statement. “Punching the Air,” co-written by Ibi Zoboi, came out in September.