Arts

Oscar Robertson is one of the athletes who's interviewed in the new documentary series Shut Up and Dribble.

Sports
Arts

No, Athletes Will Not 'Shut Up And Dribble' — And They Never Have

5:00am November 05, 2018

by Linda Holmes

A new documentary series on Showtime, executive produced by LeBron James, offers a direct, pointed, emphatic response to commentator Laura Ingraham and her admonition to him to stay out of politics.

Abstract artist Larry Poons is enjoying a late-career resurgence of interest, decades after his optical dot paintings attracted acclaim in the 1960s. Poons is a key figure in the documentary The Price of Everything.

Arts

New Documentary Paints A Picture Of The Contemporary Art Market Run Amok

5:41pm November 04, 2018

by Michel Martin

HBO's The Price of Everything calls into question the current price explosion and commodification of modern art "that's fascinating, but it's also terrifying," says director Nathaniel Kahn.

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 30th Anniversary Edition

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Arts

Enter 'Sandman': Anniversary Edition Celebrates 30 Years Of Dream-Spinning

8:32am November 04, 2018

by Etelka Lehoczky

Neil Gaiman's most famous creation first appeared in the comics 30 years ago, but the Sandman is still shaping our dreams — and his stories look and feel just as cool now as they did in 1989.

The life and death of Sunday Times war correspondent Marie Colvin, pictured here in 2010, is the subject of a new book by Lindsey Hilsum, a fellow journalist.

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Arts

A New Biography Of Marie Colvin, Eyewitness To War

8:13am November 04, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The American journalist reported on the human impact of war from places few Westerners ventured. Her life is the subject of In Extremis, by fellow correspondent Lindsey Hilsum.

Charlene deGuzman plays the lead character Joy in Unlovable, which is loosely based on her own experience with sex and love addiction.

Arts

Behind The Real Sex And Love Addiction In The Musical Film 'Unlovable'

8:13am November 04, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The new movie stars Charlene deGuzman as a woman finding her way back from rock bottom. It's somewhat comedic, but also based on her own condition and recovery.

Arts

Renaissance Reminiscent Paintings Celebrate Ferguson, St. Louis Residents

5:35pm November 03, 2018

by Jeremy D. Goodwin

Kehinde Wiley paints black men and women in poses once associated with white aristocrats. He says he's claiming space in the art museum for people who have not always felt welcome there.

Gloria "Gigi" Johnson is the caregiver for her mother and two grandchildren. Johnson is a pillar of the Warner Robins community and promotes voting in her neighborhood.

The Complex Lives of Nonvoters

10:10am November 03, 2018

While many Americans are enthusiastic about voting in this year's midterm elections, a majority are unlikely to. Photographer Andrea Bruce traveled the U.S. to find out why people choose to stay home.

Executive producer and author Kevin Kwan on the set of Crazy Rich Asians.

Arts

Not My Job: We Quiz 'Crazy Rich Asians' Writer Kevin Kwan On Crazy Itch Reasons

9:29am November 03, 2018

Kwan was born into a wealthy family in Singapore, and when he moved to the U.S. at age 11, he thought nobody would believe the world he grew up in — so he wrote a novel about it.

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Books
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Natasha Trethewey: Poetry Speaks 'Across The Lines That Would Divide Us'

8:14am November 03, 2018

by Scott Simon

The Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet Laureate has a new collection out, called Monument, that takes on American history, personal history, and the lives that history and poetry often overlook.

The avid runner and author of The Incomplete Book of Running moonlights as Peter Sagal, host of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

Not His Job: 'Wait Wait' Host Peter Sagal Writes A Book About Running

5:58pm November 02, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

He's the voice of NPR's comedy news quiz. He has also run a marathon in under 3:10. And now he has collected his thoughts about his avocation in The Incomplete Book of Running.

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