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Showing posts with label Arts & Life : NPR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts & Life : NPR. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2020

For Día De Los Muertos, Remembering Those Lost To The Coronavirus

Catrina Reyna (Fancy Lady Queen) by José Alfonso Soteno Fernández and Juan José Soteno Elias of Metepec, Mexico, 2016, polychrome ceramic and wire.

The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago does an annual exhibit for the Day of the Dead. This year, it's centered on those who have died — and will die — in the pandemic.

(Image credit: Michael Tropea/National Museum of Mexican Art)



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Friday, October 9, 2020

Rapper Tory Lanez Charged In Megan Thee Stallion Shooting

Rapper Tory Lanez, performing in Newark, N.J. in Sept. 2019.

Tory Lanez faces several felony charges related to a shooting in the Hollywood Hills on July 12. The incident's details line up with allegations made by rapper and singer Megan Thee Stallion.

(Image credit: Manny Carabel/Getty Images)



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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Two Men Charged In Cold Case Murder Of Jam Master Jay

(L to R) Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons of the hip-hop group RUN-DMC. Federal prosecutors announced charges in Mizell

Prosecutors announced the charges Monday, nearly two decades after the Run-D.M.C. DJ was shot and killed in a studio in Queens, N.Y.

(Image credit: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)



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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Cameras Can Roll In Hollywood Again

Posters for upcoming movies are displayed in an empty corridor at a movie theater complex in Burbank, Calif. Film and TV production in Hollywood was allowed to resume as of Friday.

New guidelines detail how film, television and commercial production can reopen in Los Angeles county.

(Image credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)



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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tomie DePaola, Beloved Children's Author And Illustrator, Has Died

Author Tomie dePaola, at a book signing in New York City in 2008.

The author and illustrator — who, by his own reckoning, worked on more than 270 titles — died Monday at age 85. Among his classics is the Caldecott winner Strega Nona, a seemingly ancient folk tale.

(Image credit: Jonathan Fickies/Getty Images)



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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Tavis Smiley Ordered To Pay PBS $1.5 Million For Violating Network's 'Morality' Clause

PBS fired Smiley, pictured in 2016, after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against the talk show host. During the civil trial, jurors heard from six women who said they were subjected to unwanted sexual advances from him.

Smiley, who was fired in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations, had sued the public broadcaster contending that he was dropped as a talk-show host because of racial bias.

(Image credit: Rich Fury/Rich Fury/Invision/AP)



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