Samantha Bee's cancellation hints at tough times for women and POC in late night TV
The late night comedy scene is changing and that could be trouble or an opportunity for emerging talents.
Arts
'Jeopardy!' says Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split the host job
Bialik is a neuroscientist and former star of The Big Bang Theory. Jennings is a former Jeopardy! contestant who went on an unmatched 74-game winning streak and was a consulting producer on the show.
A project named for 'Peanuts' character Franklin aims to boost Black animators
The Armstrong Project provides two $100,000 endowments to Howard University and Hampton University.
Encore: 'Into the Woods' returns to Broadway
The concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods moves to Broadway, with Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James and others.
Leave It To Beaver star Tony Dow has died
Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the hit TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died at 77. He had cancer.
A brain injury cut short Briana Scurry's soccer career. It didn't end her story
After a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.
A national fellowship that supports disabled artists has a new class for 2022
Fellows of Disability Futures for this year honors disabled lineages in art, which is to say, traces the links between elders and emerging artists across the country.
A new dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English
A new research collaboration between Harvard University and Oxford University Press aims to compile the first fully-formed dictionary of African American English.
Encore: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound
The Vincent Price Museum in East L.A. features a major exhibition of Latinx artists using sound in their work, from demolishing a piano to dedicating musical oldies to incarcerated loved ones.
One of New York's largest LGBTQ clubs is accused of fostering a toxic environment
The celebrity-backed, multilevel Hell's Kitchen nightclub opened a little over a year ago. What ended up being built was far more controversial.