Many Americans are recalling an icon in the entertainment industry following the death of longtime African American TV producer and music show host Don Cornelius. The 75-year-old Cornelius, who had been in declining heath for years, died Wednesday, February 1 from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The television pioneer had an amazing career...
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Super Bowl XLVI Features Giants-Patriots Rematch
The professional American football championship game, also known as the Super Bowl , will be played Sunday in the Midwestern city of Indianapolis, Indiana. The kickoff is scheduled for about 6:30pm EST, 2330 UTC. The nation’s biggest annual sporting event attracts die-hard fans as well as casual observers. Sunday's NFL title game features...
Latina Playwright Josefina Lopez Tells Immigrant Stories
Immigrants are often caught between the cultures of their homeland and their adopted country. Mexican American playwright Josefina Lopez is showcasing the struggles of Latino immigrants through film, and through a community theater in Los Angeles. Our correspondent spoke with her about bringing those immigrant stories to the public. Josefina Lopez speaks with...
Polish Nobel Laureate Dies
Polish Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska has died at the age of 88. Authorities say the reclusive poet passed away Wednesday evening of lung cancer at her home in Krakow. Syzmborska's style has been described as reflective and playful because of her approach to serious subjects such as war in Poland, death and torture....
Artist Gets Laughs by Doing Simple Things the Hard Way
It is not easy finding a difficult way to perform a simple task. But New Yorker Joseph Herscher takes the trouble to do so, for the sake of making people laugh. A video of his latest outrageously complicated contraption is a big hit on YouTube . It took a complicated series of preposterous...
Hapless Heroine Leaps from Novel to Silver Screen in ‘One for The Money’
Katherine Heigl plays Stephanie Plum in the first film based on the popular mystery novels by author Janet Evanovich. Here's a look at One For The Money . Plum is out of work, laid off from her department store job and back in the Trenton, New Jersey working class neighborhood where she grew...
‘The Help’ Wins Big at SAG Awards
The Help , a movie about African American maids in the 1960s in (the U.S. state of) Mississippi was the big winner at Sunday's 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film won best ensemble, best actress for Viola Davis and best supporting actress for Octavia Spencer. In accepting her award Davis said...
Annie Leibovitz Takes New Path in ‘Pilgrimage’
A new exhibit of photos by the well-known portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz shows a different side of her. Leibovitz, known for her photos of celebrities, spent two years taking pictures without any people in them. Many are of places in the United States where famous people lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...
Adele Continues to Top Charts With ’21′
MUSIC NEWS: British pop singer Adele continues to set records this week as her album “21” spends a 17th week atop the Billboard 200 chart. Billboard reports that she now has the longest run at Number One since the soundtrack to “The Bodyguard,” which ended its 20-week reign in May 1993. Adele also...
NY Police Chief Admits Giving Interview for Controversial Film
At least two American Muslim organizations are calling for the resignation of New York City's police commissioner and his spokesman for their involvement with a film criticized as anti-Muslim propaganda. The film, The Third Jihad , made by a private group, purports to show that violence and radicalism are the “true agenda”...