Category: Arts & Entertainment

Years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brought his cello — aka “Petunia” — in for music and conversation during this May 2024 interview.

NPR’s A Martinez talks to journalist Brande Victorian about her favorite holiday movies. She wrote a piece for “The Hollywood Reporter” entitled: “36 Thanksgiving Movies to feast on this Season.”

Macy’s is promising its largest Thanksgiving Day parade yet, exactly 100 years after the tradition first started. Here’s a look at what to expect and how to watch.

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Football isn’t the only thing Americans like to watch on Thanksgiving. The National Dog Show continues its decades-long run, this time with a brand new breed. Here’s what to know and how to watch.

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Haynes, who died Nov. 12, was a heavy hitter, whose limber beat could lift the bandstand. His 65-year recording career was studded with more classics than we have time to even hint at.

Gershwin wrote lyrics for enduring jazz standards, including “I Got Rhythm” and “Embraceable You”. We talk with Michael Owen, author of Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words, and listen to some of his hits.

Traveling to 36 countries and 5 oceans, George Steinmetz (and his drones) take us on a food tour in his new book Feed the Planet:  A Photographic Journey to the World’s Food.

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Our Little Secret, Lindsay Lohan plays Avery, a woman spending Christmas with her boyfriend’s family — including her ex, who happens to be dating her boyfriend’s sister.’/>

Grab your blanket, your cocoa, your snuggler of choice – holiday movie season has arrived. Here’s a rundown of the standard and not-so-standard offerings you’ll find on TV this year.

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In the hit Disney film Moana, a girl (Auli’i Cravalho) finally gets her chance to see more of the world. And with a whole new batch of songs, in Moana 2, she’s older and has a new purpose. With the help of her chicken, her pig, and her demigod pal Maui (Dwayne Johnson), Moana wants to reunite her island with people from across the ocean.

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