Prince Compares Record Contracts To Slavery In Rare Meeting With Media
Music icon Prince is worried about the future of the music business for artists, and his top priority can be summed up in one word: freedom.
Arts
Forget The Wreckage: Museums' Katrina Shows Look At How City Has Moved On
As the 10th anniversary of the hurricane's landfall approaches, art museums across New Orleans focus on how the city sees itself today. In other words, no ruins and no people trapped on roofs.
Straight From Diablo Cody's Life: 'Ricki' And Difficult Families
In the film Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep plays a mother who abandoned her family to become a rock star. Both Streep and writer Diablo Cody say the story of the film hits close to home.
Meryl Streep Shines In 'Ricki And The Flash'
Diablo Cody and Jonathan Demme offer a lovable portrait of a singer and guitarist in a better-than-average bar band.
Video Shows Unauthorized Visitor One Night Before Museum Theft
Investigators have just released old surveillance video of the Boston Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in 1990, just before it was robbed of $500 million in art. They're asking the public for help.
Things Left Unspoken Haunt Hard-Hitting 'Dragonfish'
There are a few confessional speeches in Vu Tran's noirish debut novel, but what people write is more important than what they say: Anguished notes, letters and secret diary all drive the action.
Novel Highlights The Shocks Facing First-Generation College Students
Jennine Capó Crucet, author of Make Your Home Among Strangers, was inspired by her experiences as the daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first person in her family to attend college.
Not My Job: Starlee Kine Gets Quizzed On Bugs Bunny
Kine is the host and creator of the Mystery Show podcast. We attempt to mystify her with three questions about the beloved cartoon character who debuted 75 years ago this week.
History Hijacks Life In 'All That Followed'
Set in Spain's Basque Country, Gabriel Urza's new novel chronicles three lives in the aftermath of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. Critic Michael Schaub calls it "unsparing and beautiful."
He's Just Woven The World's Finest Panama Hat. But Who Will Buy It?
We visit one of the last — and best — practitioners of this vanishing art. Like his predecessors, he lives in Ecuador, not Panama.