Olga Costa was born in Leipzig, Germany in 1913, at the outset of World War I. Her parents, Jacobo Kostakowsky and Ana Falvisant Bovglarevokeylandel, were immigrants who had fled czarist Russia to escape persecution of the Jews. Costa and her younger sister Lya were raised in Berlin, where their fat...

Resentful at the world, 15-year-old Aristotle Mendoza wants to blend in and be left alone but the summer he meets free spirit Dante Quintana at the local swimming pool, everything changes. Their summer of adventure comes to an abrupt halt when the boys are torn apart. Armed with a new perspective, A

"Don't Lie To Me" music video written and directed by Barbra Streisand from her new album WALLS. Legendary music artist Barbra Streisand is taking aim at President Trump in one of her newest songs. The single "Don't Lie to Me," which was released Thursday, is off Streisand's upcoming album, ironica

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch in history, has died at the age of 96. Elizabeth was 25 years old when she assumed the throne in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI. This year marked the queen's platinum jubilee, celebrating 70 years on the throne. During ...

The AlphaDog Proto is a lab prototype for the Legged Squad Support System, a robot being developed by Boston Dynamics with funding from DARPA and the US Marine Corps. When fully developed the system will carry 400 lbs of payload on 20-mile missions in rough terrain. The first version of the complete...

Kenworthy has spoken forthrightly about his own experience as a target for bullying. As one of the first openly gay athletes to compete in the Winter Olympics, cyberbullies made him the brunt of provocation ranging from homophobic slurs to death threats.

Alonzo might seem like an unlikely ally, b...

"Art and Ideals: President John F. Kennedy" uses the power of JFK’s own remarkable words to explore his presidential legacy through the lens of his appreciation and promotion of the arts. It also provides visitors with an understanding of how the Kennedy Center—our National Cultural Center—became a

Volunteers are helping forgotten Dutch diarists of WWII to speak at last. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate powerfully today. Anne Frank listened in an Amsterdam attic on March 28, 1944, as the voice of the Dutch minister of education came crackling over the radi

Approximately 150 alums from the various iterations of Hairspray (Broadway, film, live TV) plus some additional familiar entertainers including Marissa Janet Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, Matthew Morrison, Jackie Hoffman, Sean Hayes, Nikki Blonsky, Kristin Chenoweth, Ran

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) returns to the House and gets a standing ovation. This is her first time back in the House since surviving an assassination attempt in January of 2011 to vote in favor of raising the debt ceiling.