Oct 15 Watch 7:02 Pharrell Williams’ musical evolution is reconstructed with Legos in ‘Piece By Piece’ By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Pharrell Williams is a hitmaker for himself and a string of other stars. Now his story is being told on film with Lego bricks. It’s certainly not your usual approach to documentary filmmaking, but it’s the latest from one of… Continue watching
Oct 14 Trump is using clips of Kubrick’s anti-war ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to pitch his ideal military at rallies By Associated Press Donald Trump's recent rallies have featured a video with clips of R. Lee Ermey as Marine Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 classic Vietnam War film “Full Metal Jacket.” Ermey's character was known for his vulgar and at times… Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 6:07 Inside the whimsical world of celebrated children’s author Sandra Boynton By John Yang, Juliet Fuisz, Kaisha Young If there’s a toddler in your life, chances are you know the name Sandra Boynton. Reading her board books to little ones at bedtime is part of the nightly ritual in homes across America. For our Weekend Spotlight series, John… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 7:40 Art and science collide in enormous project at dozens of museums and galleries By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson In 2011, some 60 art institutions in Southern California got together to create a region-wide art collaboration called Pacific Standard Time. PST Art, as it is now known, is on its third iteration and is an enormous undertaking, the largest… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 8:24 ‘The Boys of Riverside’ chronicles school for the deaf’s rise to state football champions By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson In 2021, the football team at the California School for the Deaf made it to the state championship but suffered a disappointing loss. In 2022 and 2023, they made it back and won. A new book chronicles that run and… Continue watching
Oct 06 WATCH: South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature By Daniel Niemann, Jill Lawless, Mike Corder, Associated Press Nobel committee chairman Anders Olsson praised Han's "physical empathy for the vulnerable, often female lives" of her characters. Continue reading
Oct 06 In ‘Nobody Wants This,’ century-old rom-com tropes get a new twist — the cute rabbi By Samira Mehta, The Conversation Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of U.S. stage and screen for 100 years. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 7:25 Why typewriters are having a renaissance in the digital age By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin In a world dominated by digital technology, a growing number of people are embracing a decidedly analog device: the typewriter. John Yang reports. Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 7:39 Laurie Anderson on finding inspiration in Amelia Earhart’s story for her new album By Jeffrey Brown, Simon Epstein New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including a major endorsement from Liz Cheney and the latest in the Trump election interference case. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 6:16 ‘Going Varsity in Mariachi’ documentary spotlights competitive high school competitions By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas A new Netflix documentary shares a slice of southern Texas life as a high school mariachi band makes its way to the state championship. “Going Varsity in Mariachi” shows the journey of musicians from the Rio Grande Valley as they… Continue watching