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O’Rourke authored more than 20 books, including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance, both of which reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
Wells was a writer and anti-lynching campaigner who edited and co-owned the Memphis Free Speech. Other role models the toy company has honored include Rosa Parks, Sally Ride and Maya Angelou.
Little Richard was an explosive performer who inspired generations of musicians from Otis Redding to The Beatles to David Bowie. He died Saturday morning.
Twelve months after the reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein, the movement to address sexual harassment has permeated the national political and cultural conversation.
The culture of comedy is one in which women have had little recourse to address sexual misconduct. The now-public allegations facing Louis C.K. suggest this may be changing.
The latest victim of hacking in Hollywood is HBO. The hack included materials from the critically acclaimed series, Game of Thrones.
The comedian just came off four seasons on Saturday Night Live. Now, she wants to break through to the next part of her career — convincing people she’s a writer as well as a performer.
Roe tells the stories of “Jane Roe” and the lawyer who argued her side of the case. Playwright Lisa Loomer says it may be a history play, but so much of what happens in it still happens today.
A new film tells the stories of three women who made incalculable contributions to the space program: engineer Mary Jackson, mathematician Katherine Johnson and NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan.
OK, fine ... this new chair anthology might not keep you on the edge of your seat, but it does reveal some very interesting ideas about trends in design, culture and social values.
In 1943, the legendary filmmaker tried (and failed) to turn Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book into a movie. Director Mark Osborne got considerably further. His adaptation hit theaters on Friday.
Older collectors often want to keep their art forever, which is good for an artist’s long-term career. But younger collectors are more commercially driven, and that can have ripple effects.
His daughter, Kelly Carlin, has announced that she’s donating her late father’s archives to the museum, which opens next year in Jamestown, N.Y.
A lawyer for a California addiction doctor held a press conference Wednesday. He said his client was scheduled to meet with Prince the day after the singer died, and that he had dispatched his son, who works with him, to Prince’s Minnesota home.
One of the most iconic songs of the civil rights movement is the subject of a new lawsuit, which claims the song should be in the public domain and should not have been copyrighted in the first place.
The leaked documents tell the backstory of a groundbreaking Christie’s auction, and the purchase of a painting one man claims was seized from his grandfather during World War II.
The $750 million deal means Sony now fully owns or administers the rights to 3 million songs, including hits by the Beatles, Sting, Lady Gaga and Alicia Keyes.
In the studio, the Beatles’ longtime producer and arranger devised many of the band’s signature sounds. He died Tuesday at age 90.