culture

The lowrider community wants all of California to join San Jose and end cruising bans

4:49pm July 15, 2022

by Mary Franklin Harvin

There's a push to end bans on lowrider cruising across California. The lowrider community says these bans criminalize harmless recreational activity and disproportionately affect Latinos.

Lofi Girl disappeared, reigniting debate on YouTube's copyright policy

4:42pm July 15, 2022

The internet-famous Lofi Girl music stream went down last weekend. The takedown reignited concerns over copyright protections for artists.

Alfredo Ramos Martinez; La Malinche (Young Girl of Yalala, Oaxaca); c. 1940; oil, canvas; Framed: 1 3/4 x 52 1/4 x 42 1/2 in. (4.4 x 132.7 x 108 cm) 50 x 40 3/8 in. (127 x 102.6 cm); Collection of Phoenix Art Museum, museum purchase with funds provided by

Arts

La Malinche was a young linguist forced to serve the Spanish conquerors

2:23pm July 15, 2022

by Yasmin Khan

Her complex legacy after 500 years as a survivor and, to some, a traitor is explored in festivals and a major museum exhibition.

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Ryan Gosling deserves better than the snarky action thriller 'The Gray Man'

1:49pm July 15, 2022

by Justin Chang

Gosling plays an assassin being chased by other assassins. That sounds exciting, but it isn't; it's a pileup of self-admiring one-liners and insanely violent but weirdly inconsequential action scenes.

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Matt King performs onstage at the Michigan Elvisfest in Belleville, Mich., on Saturday, July 9. King has been performing as Elvis for 30 years; his first performance was when he was 14.

The King still draws a crowd at Michigan Elvisfest, one of largest in North America

9:26am July 15, 2022

Thousands converged at the Wayne County Fairgrounds for the Michigan Elvisfest in Belleville to celebrate the life and work of Elvis Presley.

Arts

'The Gray Man' review: Even on-screen assassins need something to believe in

5:00am July 15, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The action-packed thriller starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans is clever, stylish and fun to watch. But it's still missing something essential.

NPR's Emma Choi shares her love for Old Bay seasoning

5:58pm July 14, 2022

by Emma Eun-joo Choi

Emma Choi of NPR's Everyone and Their Mom podcast is really into Old Bay Seasoning — so into it, that she carries it everywhere she goes.

Books
Arts

'Upgrade' takes a unique, fun path to the end

3:41pm July 14, 2022

by Jason Sheehan

Blake Crouch spins out grounded, accessible tales with an admirable internal precision no matter the genre. His newest, Upgrade, is no different.

An X-ray image shows this previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh painted on the reverse side of his painting Head of a Peasant Woman.

A hidden self-portrait of Van Gogh has been discovered. Here's what you can see so far

1:44pm July 14, 2022

by Wynne Davis

As it prepared for an exhibit, the National Galleries of Scotland found a previously unknown self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh, covered by glue and cardboard, on the back of another of his paintings.

Nathan Fielder walks people through different tricky conversations and scenarios on The Rehearsal.

Arts

In HBO's reality series 'The Rehearsal,' participants practice real-life scenarios

1:28pm July 14, 2022

by David Bianculli

Part comedy, part drama, Nathan Fielder's new show is a social experiment of sorts, where people work within elaborate sets to try to figure out ways to resolve complicated real-life situations.