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In this Nov. 5, 2005, file photo, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno acknowledges the crowd before an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in State College, Pa. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo, file)
Movies
Pennsylvania
Sports

‘Paterno’ movie a polarizing story with unanswered questions

The HBO movie directed by Barry Levinson debuts Saturday and stars Oscar winner Al Pacino as Joe Paterno.

8 years ago

Winston Churchill
Speak Easy
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History

Churchill had a tendency to tipple, but the ‘British Bulldog’ was no boozehound

'The Darkest Hour seems to show the prime minister with a whisky in every scene, but as he famously said, 'I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.'

8 years ago

Tye Sheridan, from left, Olivia Cooke, Philip Zhao, and Win Morisaki
Speak Easy
Movies

Blockbuster ‘Ready Player One’ a natural next step for Spielberg’s relentless career

Spielberg’s success has made him such a quintessential figure that, if you asked 10 people on the street to a name a film director, all 10 might very well identify him.

8 years ago

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Delaware
Food & Drink
Visual Arts

Delaware carver brings out the personality in fruits and vegetables

For more than three decades, Craig Trostle has made the food taste better with his unique carvings.

8 years ago

The cast of
Speak Easy
History
Performing Arts
Race & Ethnicity

Diverse casting helps us understand the richness of the human story

The production of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, Pa., which included a multiracial ensemble of actors, stirred controversy.

8 years ago

FILE-- This July 22, 1969 file photo shows U.S. Sen Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., arriving back at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., after attending the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne in Pennsylvania. A new feature film is in the works about the tragedy on the small Massachusetts island nearly a half century ago that rocked the Kennedy political dynasty. Kopechne drowned when a car driven by Kennedy went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick, a small island in Edgartown, Mass., on the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard in July 1969. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)
National Interest
History
Politics

Finally, a movie about the Chappaquiddick scandal

When I heard that Hollywood was making a movie about Chappaquiddick, I said to myself, "Hallelujah. It's about time."

8 years ago

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the nation's largest local TV station operators, announced Monday, May 8, 2017, that it will pay about $3.9 billion for Tribune Media, adding more than 40 stations including KTLA in Los Angeles, WPIX in New York and WGN in Chicago. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)
NPR
Government Accountability
Media

Video reveals power of Sinclair, as local news anchors recite script in unison

One company. One script. Many, many voices.

8 years ago

The Renegade Company's Mike Durkin (left) collecting a resident's story (Dennis Payne)
Philadelphia

Giving voice to a neighborhood, beyond the statistics

Neighborhoods, like people, can suffer from cursory first impressions.

8 years ago

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Inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary were expected to serve their time in solitude, but they found ways to communicate, and some even fell in love.
History

19th-century love letters between Eastern State inmates document story of resistance

Love letters sent between inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary during the Civil War tell the story of an interracial love affair and social resistance.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
History
Philadelphia

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Keiji Haino, performing in 2012. The avant-garde sound experimentalist has, over a four-decade career, cultivated an ultra-serious image — which is only half the story. Ujin Matsuo
NPR
Music

Keiji Haino, dark wizard of the avant-garde, enjoys a good snack cake

Over four decades, Haino, who will turn 66 in May, has thrived at the fringes of improvised music, becoming both a pioneer of and paragon for turning rock music inside out.

8 years ago

J. Justin Ragsdale holds up antique slave shackles during a demonstration on the conditions inside slave ships during the 2017 Black History and Culture Showcase in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

African-American History and Culture Showcase continues to inspire, enlighten

The annual African-American History and Culture Showcase returns to the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend.

8 years ago

Kimberly S. Fairbanks and Joe Guzmàn in InterAct Theatre Company's
Shapiro on Theater
Performing Arts

A bristling clash of cultures in InterAct Theatre’s ‘Human Rites’

Plays like “Human Rites” – thoughtfully written and thought-provoking -- are what keep a lot of people, myself included, eagerly going to the theater.

8 years ago

Chance The Rapper, (center), performs onstage at the 2017 BET Awards in Los Angeles. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Race & Ethnicity

When a brand does well even when it’s called ‘racist’

"I think companies are putting out noticeably racist ads so they can get more views," Chance the Rapper posted on Twitter after seeing a recent ad for light beer.

8 years ago

In this March 23, 2018, file photo, Roseanne Barr arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of
Politics
TV

Trump calls Roseanne Barr, cheers ratings after show’s debut

President Donald Trump reached out to Roseanne Barr to congratulate her after the debut of her ABC sitcom reboot drew 18.4 million viewers.

8 years ago

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