A 12-year-old gospel singer named Keedron Bryant has written an original song about the heartbreaking realities of being a young black man. During a time of nationwide protests and unrest over police brutality and racial injustice, the boy's song has become a rallying cry. Bryant posted the video on...

Jennifer Hudson transforms into Aretha Franklin in a role built for her powerhouse pipes. According to the film’s synopsis: “Aretha Franklin sings in her father’s church choir as a child and grows up to become an international musical superstar and legend.” Also starring in the film: Forest Whitaker

Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
This Film is a startlingly frank look at a young boy's love affair with a Canadian soldier during the ...

From December 2001 to March 2002, McBrien coordinated the "United We Stand, United We Sew" project, in which volunteers sewed together a 20-foot by 30-foot American flag from 3,000-plus 4-inch by 6-inch American flags.
Each small flag represents a victim in the Sept. 11 attacks. There are also flag...

Matthew Perry has died. He was 54. The 'Friends' drowned on Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, according to multiple reports. Matthew was best known as Chandler Bing on the celebrated sitcom. In addition to his trademark sarcastic wit, he was a versatile performer across his 30-year career, showin...

The song Crazy Little Thing Called Love, originally sang by Queen and the lead singer Freddy Mercury in 1985 has a virtual encounter with Gian Ginoble from the group Il Volo.

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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

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

THE NORMANDY INSTITUTE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MEN OF EASY COMPANY
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series “band of Brothers”
On September 9, 2001, the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers aired its first two episodes. Two days later the world was in shock as planes crashed into the Twin Towers in