Category: 5. Entertainment

NEW YORK — A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo of her asleep in a bed could make history Thursday when it goes on sale by Sotheby’s in New York.

With an estimated price of $40 million to $60 million, “El sueño (La…

This is a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Most of what you hear on All Songs is focused on new music, but now, every other Thursday, Ann and Daoud will pick an old…

Entrants from all genres – and even songwriting duos – submitted original tracks online, echoing Nashville’s open-door approach to creativity. From there, a panel of industry heavyweights – including platinum-selling artist Breland, Whiskey Jam…

Last week in the comments, someone dared raise the ancient philosophical conundrum: when we say “the first line of a play”, do we mean the first words spoken by a character, or do the stage directions count? The Thursday quiz condemns such…

The Death of Bunny Munro

9pm, Sky Atlantic
Matt Smith is at his most grotesque in an unsettling drama based on Nick Cave’s scandalous novel of the same name (Cave also executive produces). It’s set in Brighton in 2003, with Smith playing Bunny…