Mary Flannery O’Connor hadn’t heard of Faulkner until she was in her twenties and a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (around this time she dropped ‘Mary’ from her name, to avoid sounding like ‘an ...

The year 1956 was a revolutionary one for Harry Belafonte. In March, he would meet the second of two pivotal figures who would change his life.

Martin is the former artistic director of the Cleveland International Film Festival and co-founder of rePRO Film, a film organization focused on reproductive rights. Film Festival Alliance (FFA), the ...

Jackson began his activism in 1960 with a "read-in" protest at a segregated library in his hometown. He worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led Operation Breadbasket to fight ...

On March 19, 1935, the so-called Harlem Riot broke out after a crowd of onlookers mistakenly believed that a white business ...

Fred Brathwaite—better known as Fab 5 Freddy—contains multitudes. Born and raised in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, he grew up in a house steeped in books, music, and radical Black consciousness. Skipping school ...

The Oscar winner is nominated at the ceremony for best lead actor in ‘One Battle After Another.’ By Lexi Carson Associate Editor DiCaprio won’t be able to attend the ceremony due to scheduling ...

As Martin Short mourns the death of his daughter Katherine Elizabeth Short, he’s taking a break from his comedy tour with longtime pal Steve Martin. The pair’s Feb. 27 stop at Milwaukee’s Miller High ...

Martin Short has postponed his comedy tour with Steve Martin following the death of his daughter. Katherine Short, whom Short adopted with his late wife, Nancy Dolman, died Monday at age 42. She died ...

Martin Short‘s daughter Katherine died Monday in Los Angeles. She was 42. “It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short,” Martin Short’s rep said in a statement.

Mads Mikkelsen is set to join Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming feature What Happens at Night. Hailing from Apple Original Films and made in partnership with ...