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Robert MacNeil died Friday morning at the age of 93. He was the visionary and driving force in the creation of the institution that, with Jim Lehrer, became the NewsHour. Jeffrey Brown looks back at his life and legacy.
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“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn″ by Mark Twain is one of the cornerstones of American literature. “James,” a new novel by Percival Everett, takes another look at the story and brings an unheard voice to the forefront. Jeffrey Brown sat down w...
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Beyoncé’s highly-anticipated album that’s deeply rooted in country music, “Cowboy Carter,” just dropped. It’s Beyoncé, it’s big and it’s venturing into an unexpected arena of music. “Cowboy Carter” also features some of country music’s biggest sta...
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An estimated 505 million people will listen to podcasts in 2024, the most in the medium’s short history. Since the term podcast was coined in 2004, the format has grown into a $25 billion industry. But the industry’s expansion has also come with m...
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It was an art movement that helped create a new portrait and understanding of Black life in America. Now, The Harlem Renaissance is the subject of an exhibition at one of the country’s leading museums, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jeff...
30 days ago
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A new novel takes on art and personal history, using fiction to explore the lives of both the author and an important art world figure. “Anita de Monte Laughs Last” is a tale of two women a generation apart. Jeffrey Brown sat down with author Xoch...
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The novel, “Prophet Song,” is a story mirroring today’s headlines, with a country dissolving into political chaos, descending into violence, and one woman watching her family fall apart. Jeffrey Brown talks with Booker Prize-winning author Paul Ly...
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As with universities around the country, some arts institutions have been roiled by tensions in the ongoing war in the Middle East. One controversy has unfolded at the Art Museum of Indiana University where an internationally prominent Palestinian...
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Giants in their fields of music and science are merging their knowledge to propel advancements in body and mind. A recent international gathering of researchers, therapists and artists took stock of what is known and what is yet to be discovered. ...
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Film buffs will frequently cite “Citizen Kane” or “Gone with the Wind” as early classics. But a new exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts seeks to showcase lesser-known Black filmmakers and actors who have a rich history of their own. Jeffrey B...
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In whatever he appears in, Paul Giamatti makes an impression, whether that’s in films or television, or as lead or character actor. Last month he won a Golden Globe award for his performance in the film, “The Holdovers,” a role that has also broug...
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Jeffrey Wright has had one of the most varied and distinguished acting careers of any American actor in recent decades. While best known in supporting roles, he’s now received his first Oscar nomination as the lead in “American Fiction.” The film ...
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More than 100 million viewers in the U.S. will tune into the Super Bowl this Sunday. These days, major live sports events are often a two-screen experience. But one fan puts a different lens on the moment, exploring the symmetry with sports and ar...
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In 1988, amid the Iran-Iraq war, the U.S. military accidentally shot down an Iranian commercial passenger jet, killing all 290 people aboard. That real-life tragedy sets in motion the fictional events in the new novel “Martyr!” a young Iranian Ame...
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One of the year’s most honored films is “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a harrowing story of the murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in the 1920s. The acclaimed performance by one of the film’s stars, Lily Gladstone, earned her an Osc...
3 months ago
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TikTok’s popular BookTok channel has been buzzing about a new genre called “romantasy″ that is spawning whole sections in bookstores. Jeffrey Brown visited the stacks and talked to author Rebecca Yarros to see what’s driving this trend. It’s part...
3 months ago
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When the Academy Award nominations were announced, Barbie was among the ten films on the list for Best Picture. But many were surprised the nominations for Best Director did not include Barbie director Greta Gerwig and the film’s star Margot Robbi...
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One of the year’s most acclaimed acting performances, now receiving Oscar buzz, came from Annette Bening, a four-time Academy Award nominee known for such films as “The Grifters,” “American Beauty” and “The Kids Are Alright.” In her latest perform...
3 months ago
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Where do we come from and how did we evolve into the beings and bodies we are today? The new book “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” argues for a better understanding of our origins with critical implications for...
3 months ago
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A new musical recently debuted on Broadway that puts the stories of seven autistic young adults front and center as they face the challenges of leading independent lives. Jeffrey Brown talks to the creators behind “How to Dance in Ohio” and some o...
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Maurice Hines, a legend of tap dance for seven decades, has died. He gained fame with his brother Gregory as the Hines Brothers, delighting audiences on stage, television and film. Jeffrey Brown has this remembrance for our arts and culture series...
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