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The past isn't even past, to paraphrase William Faulkner. In that spirit, a cadre of contemporary scholars and writers have recast, with heroic urgency, the history of North American peoples prior to European encounter and...Read more

As depicted by the creative solutions and struggles of the staff of the TV show "Abbott Elementary" each week, the entire country is now aware that Philadelphia’s public schools are underfunded.

But many don’t know ...Read more

For the past two months, author Amy Jane Cohen has been lecturing about Philadelphia’s Black history to predominately white audiences at libraries, bookstores, and exclusive private clubs in the city and the burbs.

“...Read more

David Gibbins' "A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks" is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information — and why, as Gibbins explains, it is ...Read more

"Dogland" is exactly the kind of book I doggedly seek.

It doesn't even matter what the book is about; I always have an appetite for nonfiction that is smart, funny and has an attitude toward its subject that suggests both...Read more

We never get romantic comedies in movie theaters anymore, but at least there's a place we can find plenty of 'em: libraries and book stores.

Emily Henry's "Funny Story" checks both the "romantic" and "comedy" boxes with ...Read more

What is it about the Midwest that breeds so many serial killers?

What is in the soil that grows the sort of grisly murderers who launch a million headlines? Adam Rapp has wondered for a long time. He was born in Chicago ...Read more

CHICAGO -- I’ve had difficult interviews before. I’ve interviewed Lou Reed, who may be the most notoriously difficult interview subject of the past half century. (It went badly.) I once walked out of an interview with ...Read more

When you sense yourself veering off course, pause. Orient yourself. Do not ask too many questions. Questions send your mind into search mode. Instead of questioning, simply observe your surroundings and affirm your ...Read more

Megan Thee Stallion is being sued by a personal cameraman who alleges the “Hot Girl Summer” singer, her management company and several other related entities engaged in hostile work environment harassment and various ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hip-hop star Tyler, the Creator, alt-rock act the Killers, country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson and pop star Post Malone sit atop the bill for the 2024 Outside Lands festival.

Malone, who ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ohana Festival curator and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder announced the lineup for the eighth annual Ohana Festival, which is scheduled to return to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point for a three-day ...Read more

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who once claimed to be “the Greatest artist that God ever created,” wants to have a three-way tryst with one of the most admired women in the world: Michelle Obama.

The ...Read more

Several crew members were recently injured in a crash on the Georgia set of an Amazon MGM Studios film starring Eddie Murphy, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

The studio confirmed to the AP that the accident ...Read more

If you drive a car regularly, you've probably faced the frustration of arriving at your destination, searching for a parking spot, and coming up dry.

Big-rig truck drivers across the U.S. face that reality daily. In a ...Read more

Hollywood is known for chewing people up and spitting them out, a symptom of an industry always looking for the next big (and lucrative) thing. When an actor makes their mark or even wins an Academy Award, that's not a ...Read more

The way we digest new music needs to be fixed.

Within less than 24 hours of Taylor Swift’s release of "The Tortured Poets Department" and her surprise anthology, the internet was flooded with an inescapable number of ...Read more

“It hurts him.”

That’s what Jelly Roll’s wife, Bunnie XO, says in a promo clip for this week’s episode of “Dumb Blonde.” In text overlaid on the clip, she promised: “This week I go off on the podcast.. def...Read more

It wasn't a cellphone that did Luke Bryan in, it was a slick spot on stage, the country star explained.

The "Play it Again" and "That's My Kind of Night" singer cleared the record about his weekend wipeout onstage during ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Elayne Boosler says she was arrested and held in handcuffs for two hours Sunday at Dodger Stadium after arguing with an employee who would not let her enter with a purse that violated the stadium's...Read more