Arts

Arts

The 'Say Nothing' TV adaptation isn't a history lesson – but it's haunting nonetheless

7:00am November 14, 2024

Patrick Radden Keefe's 2018 bestseller, Say Nothing, looked back on The Troubles in Northern Ireland — including the lives of IRA members and a decades-old unsolved murder. It has been adapted as a nine-episode FX series.

Even a heroic detective like 'Cross' can't save this Prime Video adaptation

5:00am November 14, 2024

by Eric Deggans

Aldis Hodge stars as the latest on-screen version of James Patterson's sharp police detective.

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Outside: vinyl siding. Inside: a bear

1:26pm November 13, 2024

In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.

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Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am November 13, 2024

The youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition makes our trusty upright piano sound like a 9-foot grand in music by Liszt and Tchaikovsky.

Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists

5:00am November 13, 2024

The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.

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Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'

2:31am November 13, 2024

The Academy Award-winning actor said on the Australian version of the Today show that he has a few more roles left before he withdraws from the acting world.

'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

5:01pm November 12, 2024

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.

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Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists

4:38pm November 12, 2024

by Vincent Acovino

On the Nintendo Music app, you can listen to dozens of hours of music, all from video games published by Nintendo. The app has over a million downloads since it was launched two weeks ago.

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My Little Pony, Transformers, Phase 10 join the National Toy Hall of Fame

3:31pm November 12, 2024

The three 1980s staples are new National Toy Hall of Fame inductees. Hess Toy Trucks, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the trampoline, and balloons were among the finalists.

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Chronic itch is miserable. Scientists are just scratching the surface

1:33pm November 12, 2024

Journalist Annie Lowrey has a rare disease that causes a near-constant itch that doesn't respond to most treatments. She likens the itchiness to a car alarm: "You can't stop thinking about it."

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