Arts & Life

Julie (Renate Reinsve) overlooks the many life-choices she's about to make in The Worst Person in the World.

Arts

'The Worst Person In The World' is an achingly precise portrait of young adulthood

9:41am February 04, 2022

by Glen Weldon

In Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier's film, Julie (Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who can't decide who she is. As she finds out, she makes mistakes that inspire an ache of rueful recognition.

Why the songwriting catalogs of music icons could be the new gold

9:04am February 04, 2022

Music icons like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have sold their songwriting catalogs for eye-popping amounts of money. It's a growing trend in an industry that's shifted since the start of streaming.

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A third-grade teacher conducts class in Rye, N.Y. Researcher Jeffrey Sachs says that since January 2021, 35 states have introduced legislation limiting topics that schools can teach.

From slavery to socialism, new legislation restricts what teachers can discuss

4:49pm February 03, 2022

by Terry Gross

Researcher Jeffrey Sachs says that U.S. teachers are being censored for broaching certain topics. One group in New Hampshire is offering a $500 bounty for teachers who discuss critical race theory.

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David Crosby (from left), Graham Nash and Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills & Nash onstage in Los Angeles in 2010. They're supporting former bandmate Neil Young in pulling material from Spotify.

David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills ask to pull their content from Spotify

7:05pm February 02, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The former bandmates of Neil Young say they are supporting his protest against COVID-19 misinformation on the music-streaming platform.

Dolly Parton performs at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in October 2021.

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

2:45pm February 02, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

The larger-than-life Parton is one of 17 artists being considered for induction into the Hall this year — a list that also includes first-timers A Tribe Called Quest, Duran Duran and Beck.

Willa Fitzgerald and Alan Ritchson are on the hunt for justice in Reacher.

Arts

Psychopath or hero? 'Reacher' presents a vigilante who walks the line

12:31pm February 02, 2022

by John Powers

Based on Lee Child's best-selling novel, this eight-part series by Amazon Prime Video features Alan Ritchson as an ex-military policeman on the hunt for a murderer in small-town Georgia.

Tommy (Sebastian Stan) and Pam (Lily James) in Pam & Tommy.

'Pam & Tommy' are sympathetic figures in an infamous culture war

11:02am February 02, 2022

by Aisha Harris

A new mini-series starring Seth Rogen, Lily James, and Sebastian Stan seeks to reassess the spectacle surrounding the infamous Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape.

Arts

ABC News suspends Whoopi Goldberg over her comments about the Holocaust

10:56am February 02, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The co-host of ABC's The View apologized after facing criticism for comments she made about the Holocaust. Goldberg has been suspended from the show for two weeks.

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Books
Arts

'The Family Chao' is a riveting story of identity and belonging

9:38am February 02, 2022

by Ilana Masad

There are notable parallels to The Brothers Karamazov in Lan Samantha Chang's new novel about three brothers and the contentious relationship between them and their domineering father.

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, by Kim Fu

Books
Arts

Sci-fi, fantasy, crime fiction blend in 'Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century'

8:55am February 02, 2022

by Gabino Iglesias

Kim Fu's book contains 12 stories that peel away layers of normalcy to reveal weird, creepy things; though very different from each other, they share elements, giving the collection a sense of unity.