South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s social satire Parasite, about a poor family of hustlers who find jobs with a wealthy family, won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or, …
your ads here!Corts
Why Americans Obsess About Their Grass
In the United States, the last Monday in May is Memorial Day, a holiday that honors people who died in military service during wartime. The end of May also marks …
your ads here!Vinyl Records Are Back, and So Are Record Pressing Plants
Vinyl records are becoming more popular in the U.S., after almost disappearing from American markets when they were replaced over the years by audio tapes, CDs and digital music downloaded …
your ads here!Report: ADHD May Explain da Vinci’s Procrastination
Leonardo da Vinci is renowned as a “Renaissance man” for his mastery in art, science, architecture, music, mathematics, engineering and cartography, but he was no master at completing his efforts. …
your ads here!WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94
John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II who became one of the nation’s longest serving Native American elected officials as a New Mexico state senator, has died. …
your ads here!Cricket Fans in Pakistan Turn to Night Matches in Ramadan
During Ramadan, when many in Muslim-majority Pakistan do not eat or drink during the day, sports enthusiasts turn to night games. For years, amateur cricketers in the capital, Islamabad, used …
your ads here!Germany Hands Israel Thousands of Kafka Confidant’s Papers
German authorities on Tuesday handed over to Israel some 5,000 documents kept by a confidant of Franz Kafka, a trove whose plight could have been plucked from one of the …
your ads here!3 Handwritten Wills Found in Aretha Franklin’s Home
Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the “Queen of Soul,” including one that was discovered under cushions …
your ads here!Women Honored at Cannes as Gender Parity Drive Draws Scrutiny
Movie stars including Salma Hayek and Eva Longoria celebrated the role of women in cinema at a glitzy gala in Cannes on Sunday, amid a drive to promote gender equality …
your ads here!Frenchman Pagenaud Takes 1st Indianapolis 500 Pole
Simon Pagenaud turned a stressful weekend into an unforgettable celebration. Pagenaud earned his first career Indianapolis 500 pole with a four-lap average of 229.992 mph, edging three-time pole winner Ed …
your ads here!Prickly Competion: Men Seeking to Etch Their Names in Facial-Hair Folklore
Participants from all over the world converged in Belgium for the 2019 World Beard and Moustache Championship. Styled whiskers wrapped around the faces of hundreds of men all hoping to …
your ads here!The Neon Attraction of Las Vegas
The famous Las Vegas strip lights up the night with neon signs and animated images. The Las Vegas Neon Museum has been lighting up the city since 2012. That’s when …
your ads here!Fan Votes Lift The Netherlands to Eurovision Song Contest Win
The Netherlands won the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv Saturday, with Duncan Laurence’s doleful piano ballad “Arcade” crowned champion of Europe’s annual music extravaganza. The 25-year-old was tapped …
your ads here!War of Will Wins Preakness, Holds Off Riderless Horse
War of Will bounced back from a bumpy ride in the Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, holding off a field that included a riderless horse that threw his …
your ads here!Filly Dies on Track at Pimlico Day Before Preakness
A filly collapsed and died while running at Pimlico Race Course on Friday, the day before the track was set to host the second leg of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown series. Congrats …
your ads here!‘Caine Mutiny,’ ‘Winds of War’ Author Herman Wouk Has Died
Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious …
your ads here!Norman Rockwell’s Images of Freedom Revisited 75 Years Later
Norman Rockwell is considered one of America’s most beloved and influential artists, painting scenes of ordinary Americans at work, at play and at war, capturing simple yet compelling details that …
your ads here!Chinese-American Pei, Famed Architect, Dies at 102
I.M. Pei, the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, …
your ads here!In Cannes, ‘Les Miserables’ Rings Alarm for Paris Suburbs
More than 150 years after Victor Hugo’s classic novel, a French film titled Les Miserables gives a gritty, modern view of the Paris suburbs where Jean Valjean first met Cosette. Ladj Ly’s Les Miserables, which …
your ads here!Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms
Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms on display at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum. …
your ads here!A Van Gogh Painting is Authenticated in Connecticut
The mystery about the authenticity of a painting has been solved after 25 years. A painting given by a private collector to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, …
your ads here!Woodstock 50 Festival Says Show Back on After Winning Court Ruling
Organizers of a three-day concert marking the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival said on Wednesday the show was back on after winning a court ruling against a lead …
your ads here!