Arts

Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw starred in Love Story — a romantic tearjerker that became the highest grossing movie of 1970. Since then, it has inspired countless ugly cries — and plenty of parodies, too.

Arts

Successful, Sentimental And Satirized, 'Love Story' Celebrates 50th Anniversary

5:51am December 22, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

The "unabashedly sentimental" romantic tearjerker was the highest grossing movie of 1970. Since then it's inspired countless ugly cries — and plenty of parodies, too.

Frits Thaulow, Cottages in the Snow, 1891

Arts

These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter

3:49pm December 21, 2020

by Susan Stamberg

If you'd prefer to experience the charms of winter from a safe (and warm) distance, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has some beautiful snowy scenes for you to admire.

The FBI building in downtown Washington, D.C. — Utah Sen. Mike Lee describes it as looking like "an abandoned set from The Hunger Games."

'Ugly,' 'Discordant': New Executive Order Takes Aim At Modern Architecture

2:27pm December 21, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

President Trump upset the architectural world in February when he proposed an executive order mandating traditional, classical architecture for new federal buildings. That order is now a reality.

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'Tomorrow Will Be Better': Betty Smith's 'Rediscovered' Novel Is A Genuine Treasure

1:52pm December 21, 2020

by Maureen Corrigan

Smith's 1948 follow-up to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a forgotten novel that deserves to be exhumed. The things that made it an awkward response to its predecessor make it more intriguing now.

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Michael J. Fox Reflects On Life With Parkinson's In 'No Time Like The Future'

1:52pm December 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

The Family Ties star was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. He says that if he doesn't know if he can do something, he fakes it — a strategy that works 80 percent of the time.

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A scene from Priya's Mask, a new comic book and animated film that tackles the challenges around the pandemic. It's the latest installment of the Indian superhero series Priya.

India's Female Superhero And Her Flying Tiger Are Out To Fight The Pandemic

12:29pm December 21, 2020

by Sandip Roy

'Priya's Mask' is the latest in the Indian superhero comic series. This time out, she's trying to get important info to young people — and to stop a superspreading villain.

Konstance Patton's mural in New York City.

The Art Of An Uprising: Paint And Plywood Memorialize George Floyd

1:56pm December 20, 2020

by Babette Thomas

Artists inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement have created images that have lasted even as protests have faded. Who are they? And how will this iconic art be preserved?

Sports
Arts

Break Dancing Will Be An Olympic Sport In 2024

11:18am December 20, 2020

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Raphael Xavier, professional breakdancer and professor of hip-hop dance at Princeton, about break dancing becoming an Olympic sport.

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Beave the beaver is building dams inside the New York home of wildlife rehabilitator Nancy Coyne while he gets ready to return to the wild.

Arts

Meet Beave, The Internet's Most Famous Beaver

8:20am December 20, 2020

by James Doubek

Nancy Coyne is a wildlife rehabilitator who has been documenting the experience of raising a lone beaver. His name is Beave.

Forest Whitaker plays Jeronicus Jangle, the eccentric toy maker in David E. Talbert's new holiday musical on Netflix, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.

Arts

'Jingle Jangle' Director David E. Talbert Calls Film 'A Love Letter To My Childhood'

12:15am December 20, 2020

Talbert wanted to write a holiday movie that would not only inspire him but also his son, the way Willy Wonka or Mary Poppins sparked his imagination as a child.

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