Movies

A building on the old Grossinger's Hotel property was destroyed after a fire on Tuesday.

A huge blaze engulfs Grossinger's Hotel, the location that inspired "Dirty Dancing"

9:08pm August 19, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Grossinger's Hotel was a legendary vacationing spot in the New York Catskill Mountains. It was also the site that inspired the setting of "Dirty Dancing."

Arts

Sierra Teller Ornelas of 'Rutherford Falls' on recent success of Native-led content

5:23pm August 19, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rutherford Falls showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas about the recent success of Native-led movies and TV series, like Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and her own show.

National

Paolo Montalbán looks back on 25 years of 'Cinderella'

4:58pm August 19, 2022

25 years after the release of the 1997 Rodgers And Hammerstein's Cinderella, NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actor Paolo Montalbán on the movie's legacy.

Jewish townspeople of the village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938.

'The Territory' and 'Three Minutes: A Lengthening' find cinematic hope in tragedy

6:22pm August 18, 2022

by Bob Mondello

A pair of documentaries gleans what it can from a pre-WWII home movie and Indigenous efforts to halt the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

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Heche suffered burns and an inhalation injury after she crashed her car earlier this month.

Arts

Coroner rules Anne Heche's death an accident

10:20am August 18, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

According to the the LA County Coroner's report, the cause was inhalation and thermal injuries. The actor died on Sunday, after she crashed her car earlier this month.

Books
Arts

Untangling the contradictions of crime novelist Patricia Highsmith

5:04am August 18, 2022

by Allyson McCabe

Highsmith's writing was full of fakes, forgeries and falsehoods, revealing not only what her characters concealed, but what readers were willing to see.

Student filmmakers can apply for funding for works about reproductive rights.

A new student filmmaking grant will focus on reproductive rights

12:52pm August 17, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative announced Wednesday that it has created the program in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for mistreatment over 1973 Oscar protest

5:14pm August 16, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Motion Picture Academy officials have apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather for abuse she was subjected to when she declined an Academy Award on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973.

Sacheen Littlefeather appears at the Academy Awards ceremony to announce that Marlon Brando was declining his Oscar as best actor for his role in The Godfather, on March 27, 1973.

The Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather for her treatment at the 1973 Oscars

8:35pm August 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather spoke on behalf of Marlon Brando at the Oscars about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

County and state officials exit the Santa Fe County Public Safety Building in New Mexico ahead of a news conference to update members of the media on the shooting accident on the set of the movie Rust.

National

Where the Rust shooting investigation stands, as the FBI refutes Alec Baldwin's story

5:07pm August 15, 2022

by Juliana Kim

A new FBI report challenges actor Alec Baldwin's claim that he didn't pull the trigger of a gun that fatally shot a crew member while on a film set.