One of America's great art forms has not had a permanent museum devoted to its history, until now, with an entertaining and educational exhibition of highlights from the Great White Way opening in the heart of New York City's theater district. Read More »
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Steven Spielberg on making “The Fabelmans”: “It was cathartic for me”
One of the most successful directors of epics began as a child besotted with filming toy train wrecks with an 8mm camera. But Spielberg's latest is a semi-autobiographical drama about his parents, touching on a family secret he had buried for years. Read More »
Sylvester Stallone on “Tulsa King”: A mobster in cowboy boots
In his first foray into television, the star of "Rocky" plays an aging New York mafioso fresh out of prison who finds himself setting up a new criminal organization on the plains of Oklahoma. Read More »
Why Daylight Saving Time is bad for you
It’s that time of year when we turn the clocks back an hour, and supposedly get an extra hour of sleep. As correspondent David Pogue points out, there are arguments against adopting a spring-ahead/fall-behind life – or for making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Source Read More »
The cultural shift over crying
Scholars, pundits, and followers of professional golf have observed a change in the culture over the last half-century: today, crying is not mocked as a show of weakness, but as a sign of emotion that distinguishes us as uniquely human. Correspondent Jim Axelrod looks at the newfound lack of fears over tears, and the evolutionary advantages of being able to ... Read More »
“Almost Famous” on Broadway: A dream finally come true
Writer-director Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning autobiographical film, about a teenage rock journalist in the 1970s, is now a musical. He talks about dramatizing the personal, even painful, truth, and how the spirit of his mother pervades the story. Read More »
“Almost Famous” finds a home on Broadway
Writer-director Cameron Crowe's Oscar-winning autobiographical film, about a teenage rock journalist in the 1970s, is now a musical. He talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about dramatizing the personal, even painful, truth in "Almost Famous," and about how the spirit of his mother (memorably played in the film by Frances McDormand) is present at New York's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, eight shows a week. Read More »
Lumberjack World Championships: Cut above the rest
Since 1960, the small town of Hayward, Wisconsin, has hosted what has been called the “Olympics of the forest,” featuring competitive events for lumberjacks (and lumberjills). Correspondent Conor Knighton witnessed some class axe. Source Read More »
Not-so-fun facts about Daylight Saving Time
It’s that time of year when we turn the clocks back an hour, and supposedly get an extra hour of sleep. There are arguments against adopting a spring-ahead/fall-behind life – or for making Daylight Saving Time permanent. Source Read More »
Showing off their chops at the Lumberjack World Championships
Since 1960, the small town of Hayward, Wisconsin, has hosted what has been called the “Olympics of the forest,” featuring competitive events for lumberjacks (and lumberjills). Source Read More »