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100 Years of Masterpieces and Mishaps at Columbia Pictures: A Timeline
The Hollywood Reporter· 38 minutes agoFrom Poverty Row to Frank Capra, Coca-Cola ownership to the infamous Sony hack, a look at the...
From Harlem to Selma to Paris, James Baldwin’s Life in Pictures
New York Times· 7 hours agoFriday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, the author of incandescent...
The brains behind QI bring you an Olympic-sized quiz show
The Guardian· 7 hours agoComedian Jessica Knappett invites famous friends to talk through their daily routine. First up is...
In Hawaii, Weaving New Life Into a Nearly Vanished Art Form
New York Times· 1 day agoJust past daybreak, before they began to weave, Emma Broderick and her mother, Maile Meyer, gathered...
Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America by Ralf Webb review – sex...
The Guardian· 2 days agoA month after its first performance, Alfred Kinsey published Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male: 800 pages of incendiary testimony from anonymised interviewees to the commonplace nature of gay ...
Obituary: Edna O'Brien, the controversial Irish novelist
BBC News· 4 days agoEdna O'Brien will always be known as the controversial Irish novelist who scandalised Catholic...
Jill Schary Robinson, Who Wrote of Her Hollywood Upbringing, Dies at 88
New York Times· 4 days agoA screenwriter’s daughter, she grew up in the glittering world of privilege and its contradictions,...
Edna O’Brien obituary: flamboyant, fearless, and outspoken Irish writer
The Irish Times· 4 days agoThe Irish-born, London-based novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter, Edna O’Brien...
‘On The Waterfront’ Turns 70: A Classic Film Celebration
Forbes· 4 days agoConsidered one of the greatest films in cinema history, drama On the Waterfront opened in theaters...
Streaming: the best films set in Paris
The Guardian· 5 days agoThe Paris Olympics are being held at the very time of year when the City of Light is least desirable as a destination, as all those inhabitants who...