Arts & Entertainment

Censors MIA on M.I.A.'s finger flip

Less than a second stood between British singer M.I.A. giving the finger to 114 million people watching the Super Bowl halftime show and no one noticing at all. That's how close NBC censors came to preventing the gesture from being seen Sunday night, but the Super Bowl instead wound up with another entertainment oops moment. The gesture swept across social media, showing up in screen grabs and video, reminding everyone of Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction in 2004 when a nipple was exposed ever so briefly to a Super Bowl audience. Both NBC and the… 0

February 7, 2012
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Pillars could return to State House

Legislators are looking to liven up the State House grounds with a pair of granite pillars linked to the Marquis de Lafayette and the Revolutionary War hero's 1825 visit to Concord.… 0

February 6, 2012
New York

'Soul Train' fans pay tribute

Fans of Soul Train boogied down Broadway wearing afro wigs and bell bottoms Saturday while others recounted their favorite episodes at a Harlem meeting hall in tribute to the show's late creator, Don Cornelius. About 100 dancers descended… 0

February 6, 2012

20 years later, a sequel to slave novel

No one can accuse Barry Unsworth of letting the success of Sacred Hunger rush him into a sequel. It's been 20 years since his epic story about the English slave trade won the Booker Prize. By now, some of the readers who enjoyed that novel… 0

February 5, 2012

On My Nightstand

Thirteen years ago, Cedric Pollet, a self-taught French photographer, found his life's work. "After spending a lot of time visiting gardens in search of what I hoped would be my ideal subject, I realized one day that flowers really didn't… 0

February 5, 2012
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