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Empty frames that would normally hold movie posters hang on the front of an AMC theater shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 4, 2020, in Rosemont, Ill.

If Big Box Office Means Big Ratings, This Year's Oscars Are In Big Trouble

Most awards seasons find film fans seeking out Best Picture nominees in the runup to the telecast, with the eventual winner reaping millions of additional dollars. But this year's bounce is a thud.

Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English speaking patients and staff.

The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.

The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.

"Receiving a vaccine for the virus that causes COVID-19 is a key step people can take to protect themselves, their friends and family, and our campus communities while helping bring the pandemic to an end," said Dr. Michael Drake, president of the University of California.

UC And Cal State Systems To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations For In-Person Fall Classes

The CSU Chancellor called the directive "the most comprehensive and consequential university plan for COVID-19 vaccines in the country." It will affect more than 1 million students and employees.

Red Cross ambulance volunteers in Milan, Italy, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

FRONTLINE: The Virus That Shook The World, Parts 1 & 2

Stream or tune in Monday, April 26 & Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, April 29 from 8 - 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

A sign on UC San Diego campus directs visitors with appointments to the vaccination super station site, in this Feb. 20, 2021 photo.

UC, CSU Plan To Require COVID Vaccines, Pending Final FDA Approval

The California State University and University of California systems jointly announced Thursday that they intend to require all students, faculty and staff returning for on-campus classes and activities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Actor Grantham Coleman is Hamlet in The Old Globe's audio drama adaptation, "Hamlet on the Radio," which premieres on KPBS radio on Friday, Apr. 23, 2021.

Bringing The Sounds And Drama Of 'Hamlet' To The Radio

The Old Globe brings the politics, family sagas, ghosts and that epic sword fight in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to radio audiences.

Technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lower the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument into the belly of the Perseverance rover. NASA announced that the instrument had produced oxygen from the Martian atmosphere.

Out Of Thin Air: NASA Rover Makes Oxygen From Martian Atmosphere

Fresh off the first powered flight on another world, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has managed another key first that could pave the way for future astronauts.

Anya Steinberg's podcast, "He's Just 23 Chromosomes," is one of two grand prize winners in the collegiate edition of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge.

Attention Donor 3046: Your Daughter Made A Podcast To Find You

When Anya Steinberg learned the man she thought was her father wasn't, it cast her life in a new light. In her winning student podcast entry, she traces her journey to figure out who she is.

The Avett Brothers performing in the stunning natural setting of Colorado’s Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.

The Avett Brothers At Red Rocks

Stream now or tune in Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2

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