Assia won the first competition in 1956 for Switzerland, and competed again in 1957 and 1958, when she came in second. "At the age of 87, she decided it was time to return as a contestant an…
Heck, it's even hard to critique science and scientific studies without looking like someone possessed by a perfection genie. "Sometimes, though, this is the only way to effect change. It wi…
The book, published in 2016 by an Indian publishing house, contained biographies of 11 "amazing leaders." "According to Pegasus's description of the book, which also featured Napoleon Bonapa…
Netflix, which had the rules bent for Okja last year, can't get around it this year: The films have to be in theatrical release in France to be considered for awards at Cannes. Festival dire…
Ouch: "We are instantly ready to be nostalgic about anything and anybody. Death tribute cartoons are a feature of a society constantly being made aware of what it has lost. They're never fun…
O'Flynn collaborated with everyone from John Cage to Sinéad O'Connor - and even poets: "A further pairing was with the poet Seamus Heaney, who explained his love of O'Flynn's playing: 'The …
Take a look at these pretty great GIFs. Just wow.
Yvan Alagbé: "What I'm interested in is work that renders visible what has previously been invisible. ...But you need to look long and hard before that can happen."
Two photographers talk about what they're doing in their shows at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and it's not what you'll hear in the news. "The shows tell a wildly different story about M…
What gives? Faith and religion used to be the kiss of box office death. Now, as many other box office certainties fall, the film "I Can Only Imagine" has picked up pretty solid box office nu…
Though 21st century art history majors might not realize it, the entire second half of the 20th century was covered by the shadow of WWII. "The war, Nazi crimes, and their legacy inevitably …
OK: "The piece is performed on Technics turntables, recreating the first ever pressed LP, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor by Nathan Milstein. Utilising groove screeching turntablist…
Nicholas Nixon, known for his series "The Brown Sisters" - portraits documenting the same siblings over the course of 40 years- "abruptly retired from the Massachusetts College of Art and De…
Among many, many other accomplishments, Neidlinger helped Barbara Streisand write songs, served as the principal bassist for the LA Chamber Orchestra, and was the principal bassist for the W…
Maybe, but not this way: "Increasingly, English departments are assigning intro Creative Writing courses to grad students, who receive minimal training and may be required to use a standard …
It's real, but it's also stringently limited. "'Holy smokes. I've never seen anything like this,' said Robert Wall, 89, a Detroit native who has attended every Motor City auto show since 193…
Wow: "In her mother, Louisa saw a powerful figure, capable of acting independently of a man, indeed standing in a man's position by way of supporting the household, and, at critical points w…
Replay: Pierre Boulez conducts Debussy's Jeux Pierre Boulez and the New Philharmonia Orchestra perform Claude Debussy's Jeux on the BBC in 1966: (This is the latest in a series of arts…
The women who say Harvey Weinstein first molested or raped them and then ruined their careers are fighting back and getting somewhere in Hollywood again, sometimes decades after he took them…
He haunted flea markets in Oakland and found quilts at the stall of Rosie Lee Tompkins. Eventually, she let on that they were her work. "He began to buy whatever she would sell him while als…
In short, Harper Lee agreed to let Aaron Sorkin write a script, but it wasn't supposed to change the characters or "denigrate" them. Lee's dead, but her lawyer says the script (of a play tha…
And sold, of course. Mike Mitchell "took shots of the band as they arrived for their first US concert at the Washington Coliseum two days later, using natural light because he could not affo…
The composer: "You are in a strange landscape. You don't know how to read the weather or the light. You are unsure how long you will be here, or how challenging the journey may be. 'This is …
Robbie's plan is to emphasize diverse Australian talent. She said, "I'm taking a lot of meetings with the lesser-known talent at the moment, the indie film-makers, first- and second-time fil…
At least for this season - which ends August 31 - things are looking good. "Donations have come primarily from individuals, including some six-figure contributions from people who have reque…