NEW YORK (AP) – Rep. John Lewis is having quite a run in the literary world.The American Library Association announced Monday the Georgia Democrat received a record four prizes for “March: Book Three,” the last of a graphic trilogy about his civil-rights activism and winner last fall of ...
Even with the hindsight of history, it’s mystifying that 56 years ago when John F. Kennedy was preparing to become president, the fate of the Southeast Asian backwater of Laos was considered critical for America.Joshua Kurlantzick recounts how the fear of the spread of communism that gave ...
PARK CITY, Utah – Director Dee Rees wanted to get to the big questions in her enthralling period epic “Mudbound.” Specifically: What is it to be a citizen and what is it to fight for a country that doesn’t fight for you? The film, which premiered recently at the Sundance Film Festival, ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Country music legend Crystal Gayle is being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, nearly a half-century after she first walked onto its stage to perform as a teenager.Gayle’s sister, country luminary Loretta Lynn, will induct her into the country music ...
NEW YORK – The Slender Man craze swept the younger digerati while their unwitting elders occupied themselves online with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.Only in May 2014 did the general public hear of Slender Man when news erupted that two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls had lured a friend into the ...
PASADENA, Calif. – Jennifer Lopez says NBC’s version of “Bye Bye Birdie” will bring the musical back to its stage roots. The story was somewhat “watered down” in the 1963 movie in which Janet Leigh played the role originated by Chita Rivera on Broadway in 1960, Lopez told a TV ...
