Arts & Life

Arts

'Fargo' Is A Series About The 'Things People Do For Money'

1:42pm May 15, 2017

Noah Hawley says his FX series, now in its third season, explores the central premise of the Coen Brothers' iconic 1996 film. Hawley is also the creator of the FX series Legion.

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Explorer Robert Kennicott's remains are now on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Smithsonian Solves 150-Year-Old Mystery Death Of Collector And Puts Bones On Display

9:34am May 15, 2017

by Scott Greenstone

Explorer Robert Kennicott disappeared one day in 1866. For more than a century, the cause of his death has been a mystery — but the Smithsonian has solved it.

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Amandla Stenberg stars in Everything, Everything, a complicated love story between a teenaged girl unable to leave her home because of a rare illness, and her new next-door neighbor.

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Amandla Stenberg 'Infiltrates' Teen Romance World In 'Everything, Everything'

6:23pm May 14, 2017

Amandla Stenberg stars in Everything, Everything as teenage girl who is forbidden to leave her home due to a rare illness. Stenberg talks about this role and her activism with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

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'The Captain Class' Defines The Greatest Sports Teams Ever Based On One Character

5:57pm May 14, 2017

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Sam Walker about his book The Captain Class, which takes a look at the common qualities of elite athlete team leaders, and how they create winning teams.

Soul Queen Of New Orleans Has Been Performing On Mother's Day For 35 Years

5:57pm May 14, 2017

In a New Orleans tradition dating back almost 35 years, soul singer Irma Thomas takes the stage at the Audubon Zoo to perform a special concert for fans on Mother's Day.

Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) plays it to the hilt in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Arts

Camelot On Film: 9 (Not-So) Brief, (Intermittently) Shining Moments

10:00am May 14, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is in theaters this weekend. How does it stack up against other movies that have tackled Arthurian legend?

Books
Arts

4 Romances To Kick Off Your Summer

7:00am May 14, 2017

by Maya Rodale

The weather is warming, the flowers are blooming, and our fancies turn lightly to thoughts of ... well, some really good romance novels. Here are four delicious reads to make your Maytime merry.

Minnie Driver plays Maya, the mom on the ABC family comedy Speechless.

Arts

A Mother's Day Update On TV Moms

5:03am May 14, 2017

by Linda Holmes

A lot has changed on television in the last 20 years or so. We take a moment to check in on how all these changes are treating TV moms.

VIDEO: A Heartbreaking Look At A Couple Forced To Marry As Young Teens

6:58pm May 13, 2017

by Diane Cole

Photographer Stephanie Sinclair won a prestigious award for "courage" in documenting the lives of girls and women. See her short documentary on a couple in Nepal who married as young teens.

In Search of a New Home is part of Eric Almanza's series of oil paintings depicting the border wall with Mexico.

Chicano Art Wields A Sharper Political Edge In Post-Election California

6:52pm May 13, 2017

by Rachael Myrow

Artists are responding to Trump administration efforts to peel back civil rights enforcement and crack down on illegal immigration. One scholar says it marks a return to the roots of Chicano art.

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