Arts

Don Lowry's con unfolded very slowly over two decades. When it was finally exposed, some of the victims defended the people who had been fooling them. They preferred to believe the lie.

Radio Replay: Loving the Lie

If you believe something is real — if you can fall in love with someone or stand in awe of a painting — is it possible that it doesn't actually matter whether the object of your affection is fake?
Pantone has picked the "color of the year" for 2018 — a vivid purple.

Purple Is The Color Of The Year For 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Specifically, "Ultra Violet" is the "provocative and thoughtful" hue for 2018, Pantone says. What does it mean? Maybe mystery or royalty ... or, perhaps, high odds of fiery destruction.
Toe-Pick Your Battles: Margot Robbie is Tonya Harding in I, Tonya.

'I, Tonya,' You, Implicated

by Andrew Lapin

Director Craig Gillespie brings bold innovation to the biopic genre, using various tones and approaches to tell the tale of Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) — and satirize our love of spectacle in the process.
In A Blazer of Glory: Preppy Addison (Ansel Elgort) preps to investigate a murder in November Criminals.

Nothing Lasts Forever, Even Cold 'November Criminals'

by Mark Jenkins

Director Sacha Gervasi's adaptation of a 2010 novel about a student (Ansel Elgort) investigating his classmate's murder features a great cast, but this "sketch of a movie" feels rushed and heavily truncated.