Weekend Music Break: The Civil Wars Do Michael Jackson
They may be a broke-up band, but they’re still winning Grammys. Here’s a song from happier times.
Monthly Archive: January 2014
Pete Seeger Is Dead at 94. Did You Sing His Songs at Church Camp?
Pete Seeger packed plenty into 94 years, from riding the rails to folk stardom to cleaning up the Hudson River.
An Oral History of ‘Swingers’
On the 18th anniversary of the cult favorite, the stars tell the tale.
Mikaela Shiffrin Biography: New!
Born in 1995, Mikaela Shiffrin is now the reigning world champion in slalom skiing. And what have you been doing with yourself for the last 18 years?
Great Fun for Book Lovers
Do you like looking at book collections? At creative gifs of old photos and miniature oddities?
No Robert Redford Oscar Nomination? C’mon!
Christian Bale’s fat gut and Leonardi DiCaprio’s power suits over the quiet dignity of Robert Redford? You’ve got to be kidding us, Academy.
Macklemore on the City Bus
Before he performs it at the Grammy Awards on January 26th, watch Macklemore sing “Can’t Hold Us” on a New York City bus.
Marilyn Monroe and Her DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe was an up-and-coming movie star when she married baseball hero Joe DiMaggio on 14 January, sixty years ago. It didn’t work out.
Ariel Sharon is Dead at 85
In a coma for the past eight years, the former prime minister of Israel finally succumbs to heart disease.
LBJ’s War on Poverty: It Worked!
Was the “war on poverty” a failure? Not hardly.
‘Not Quite All Spoonfuls of Sugar’
Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson share their insights into the tetchy Walt Disney-P.L. Travers relationship.