Telling Stories: Hear 5 National Book Award Finalists
Every year, on the evening before the National Book Award winners are announced, the finalists are celebrated in an evening …
‘Micro’: Michael Crichton’s Last Is Larger Than Life
It’s both a sad and celebratory moment when, if you’re as devoted a fan as I am of the novels …
Ten Things The Sting App Should Do
Sting has told Billboard magazine that he doesn’t know if he’ll ever make another conventional album. For the moment, he’s …
Thanksgiving From America’s Melting Pot
“This is how the Americans do it,” my grandmother would say as she laid the marshmallow-covered sweet potatoes on the …
‘A Fish In Your Ear’: What Gets Lost In Translation
The Russian language has a word for light blue and a word for dark or navy blue, but no word …
Regis Philbin Explains How He ‘Got This Way’
Regis Philbin holds the Guinness World Record for clocking more hours in front of a television camera than anyone else …
Mark Kelly Tells Of Giffords’ ‘Courage’ In Recovery
Earlier this year, on Jan. 8, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head as she met with constituents …
Two Men Try To Make Sense Of The ‘Cosmos’
It’s the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Or, in Witold Gombrowicz’s 1967 novel Cosmos, it’s “the drop that makes …
Astaire, Burns, Allen, In ‘Distress’ In London Town
A Damsel in Distress was the third of only four films on which George Gershwin and his brother Ira collaborated. …
‘Then Again’: Diane Keaton On Owing It All To Mom
In 1977, Diane Keaton’s charming incoherence in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall earned her an Oscar and turned her into the …
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