The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”

A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,0...

A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.

Students at a high school in Kentucky are checking out books at a rate librarians say they haven’t seen before. And it comes amid a districtwide cell phone ban that took effect at the start of the 202...

Americana legend Bonnie Raitt said in a 2016 interview: "But I’m glad people think I’m a badass. I’m a rock and roller, and I’m an R&B and a blueswoman."

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A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem.

Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

The Emmy and Tony-winning actress opens up at TIFF about her richest film performance yet in “Closing Night” and being overlooked by the movie world.

The company claims reports about its capturing and uploading audio are misleading.

Homecomings, fantasies, food and ghosts – how the myth of eternal return keeps the Italian diaspora in a state of longing

Weary of the heartthrob label after his 1996 hit “Barely Breathing,” he pivoted to musical theater and won two Tonys for composing “Spring Awakening.”

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Her Thoreau-like account of journeys in the woods, published when she was 28, was the first of many ruminations on life and nature, good and evil.

His sequined gowns and outrageous costumes threw clouds of glitter at American fashion for over half a century.

Her long-awaited concert return highlighted a side of the French-speaking superstar rarely seen in the United States.

Celine Dion made her long-awaited comeback in Paris with an operatic celebration of voice, movement and the extraordinary bond with her audience.

Her new album, “Good Grief,” mourns friends including her Broadway co-star Gavin Creel. She’s also adapting the Meg Wolitzer novel “The Interestings” into a musical.

The choreographer Sonya Tayeh’s “The Surge” is a dance response to themes in O’Connor’s life: spirituality, identity and what Tayeh calls jrage, or joy and rage.

Young audiences are listening to more CDs these days. That's because those shiny, Nineties-coded discs are the best invention ever for deep listening

This week, we remember the one and only Dolly Parton. Dolly used her musical success to help others. She started the Imagination Library, a free book program for children that included some of her fav...

Her 1983 book “Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions” is a master class in grit, empathy, curiosity and hustle.

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

With a low and smoky voice, she conjured the blues tradition of her native Mississippi in both her own songs and in covers.

A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

Cue up a playlist that takes a deep dive into the icon’s stunning catalog

Parton made her mark in the country arenas of Nashville, and then crossed over into the pop world, Hollywood and beyond.

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We talk to Parton biographers about the singer’s life and legacy, and what made her an American icon.

The actor’s gift for garish eccentricity was indelibly appropriate for the outlandish, cross-dressing mad scientist Frank-N-Furter.

The late singer was perhaps the only person in the United States who commanded nearly universal affection.

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