The Comic-Con Museum's new "Collaboration(s)" exhibit explores how race, representation and horror intersect, and uplift people of color in the popular arts.
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AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas
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System of a Down singer Serj Tankian covers fleeing the Lebanese Civil War as a child, advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and why his band hasn't made a new album since 2005.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Lowrider Archival Project documents the historical and cultural significance of lowriders through photographs, memorabilia, art and more.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe documentary feature "Interpreters Wanted" follows brothers Saifullah and Ismail Haqmal, who served as interpreters alongside U.S. Forces in Afghanistan for over a decade.
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After a pair of resignations rocked the pageant world, organizers have found a replacement for Miss USA but not Miss Teen USA. Last year's runner-up said this week that she turned down the crown.
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The extravagant jewelry worn by hip-hop artists has meaning beyond the shiny surfaces.
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Part of the Point Loma Garden Club, the "Petal Pushers" meet every week to refashion bouquets out of flowers formerly destined to be thrown away.
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The paintings will be on display at the Mingei International Museum on Monday night.
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The Bikini Kill frontwoman pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s. "I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Hanna says.
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Messud draws from her grandfather's handwritten memoir as she tells a cosmopolitan, multigenerational story about a family forced to move from Algeria to Europe to South and North America.
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Over some five decades, Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies. Many of Hollywood's most respected directors have at least one Corman picture buried in their resumes.
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