Patrick Leahy, the blind bodybuilder featured in The Washington Post Magazine, visit NBC's Today Show Thursday.
Virgin America makes a song and dance out of an all-too-familiar airline ritual
Virgin America makes a song and dance out of an all-too-familiar airline ritual.
Nadia Bolz-Weber talks in Washington about Christianity and Oprah
Washington got a taste of the closest thing liberal Christianity has to a star when weightlifter-comic-pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber came to town Tuesday night.
National Portrait Gallery names David Ward senior historian
David Ward, one of the co-curators of the Hide/Seek exhibition of gay portraiture, has been appointed Senior Historian of the museum.
Gish Jen stirs up anger in Boston
Police show up at Cambridge library on rumors that protestors plan to confront the novelist.
How does a song get from Shane McAnally’s guitar to country radio? Explaining the complex process in the making of a country hit.
Nashville's star songwriter talks about how a hit song is made, from writing to radio, and the many, many steps in between.
VIDEO: Skydivers survive crash, appear on ‘The Today Show’
In a second episode of apparent “checkbook journalism” in a week, NBC News has locked up exclusive interviews and amateur footage of an aerial accident with a six-figure fee to a group of sky divers who survived the collision of their two small planes.
Jonathan Littell’s previous novel made critics want to vomit. What now?
Debut novels are easy. Second novels are a challenge. Jonathan Littell may present the most extreme example of that publishing truism. In 2006, his first non-genre novel, “The Kindly Ones,” was a sensation in France, where it won the Grand Prix and the Prix Goncourt. HarperCollins reportedly paid $1 million for the English translation, but […]
Louis Vuitton names Nicolas Ghesquière new artistic director
The French designer, best known for his work at Balenciaga, will take over the women's collections immediately, reports WWD.
Alex Rivera, Philip Kennicott debate Washington Post review of ‘Our America’
Art critic Philip Kennicott's review of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian, "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art" ignited strong reactions from some Latino artists.