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  • Ike Forces Historic Recovery Efforts In Texas
    Hurricane Ike delivered a tremendous beating to the Gulf area, but now Texas faces the biggest recovery effort in state history. The Rev. Rudy Rasmus and Univision correspondent Fernando Pizarro discuss how everyday people of Houston are dealing with the devastation of the storm.
  • Amanda Hocking is the best-selling author of the<em> Trylle</em> trilogy and six additional self-published novels.
    A Self-Published Author's $2 Million Cinderella Story
    No one wanted to publish Amanda Hocking's novels, so she put them online. For a long while, she'd sell one or two books a day. Then, in June, it exploded. She's now part of an elite literary club: authors who have sold 1 million books on the Amazon Kindle.
  • Maya Angelou and her mother, Vivian Baxter. Although it took years, Angelou and her mother eventually developed a close and loving relationship.
    In A New Memoir, Maya Angelou Recalls How A 'Lady' Became 'Mom'
    Maya Angelou spent much of her childhood being raised by her grandmother in Arkansas, but as a young teenager, she returned to live with her mother, Vivian Baxter. Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom looks back on the long process of reconciliation with the woman who sent her away.
  • Bruce Feiler and his family; daughters Tybee and Eden Feiler, and wife Linda Rottenberg. Feiler is a <em>New York Times</em> columnist and the author of several books, including <em>The Council of Dads</em> and <em>Walking the Bible</em>.
    Control The Chaos With 'Secrets Of Happy Families'
    What makes some families stronger, more harmonious, and just plain happier than others? To find out, Bruce Feiler asked parents and experts from a wide variety of fields for advice that parents could apply to improve life at home.
  • Taraji P. Henson and Brad Pitt received nominations for their work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
    The 81st Academy Award Nominations
    The nominees for the 81st Oscars were just released and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button came out on top with 13 while Slumdog Millionaire came in with 10. No big surprises.
  • "The Scottsboro Boys" gets its West Coast premiere at The Old Globe Theatre April 29th - June 10th.
    Controversial 'Scottsboro Boys' At Old Globe
    "The Scottsboro Boys" may be the most controversial musical you'll see in San Diego all year.
  • Exclusive First Read: You CAN Phone Home Again In 'Landline'
    Read an exclusive pre-publication excerpt of Landline, the new novel from Eleanor & Park author Rainbow Rowell. Love, heartache, sitcom success and a magic phone — did we mention the magic phone?
  • Secret Stations And Boyhood Love On The Paris Metro
    Few cities in the world are more identified with their subway systems than Paris. The second busiest metro system in the world after Moscow, it carries more than 4 million riders a day on some 16 lines to 300 stations. To ride it is a visual carnival, a living history, an urban love story about the chemin de fer, or "path of iron."
  • Hollywood Strike Affecting Writers of Color
    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman were among the first casualties of a strike by members of the Writers Guild of America, pitting writers against TV and movie producers. Media critic Eric Deggans and Larry Andries discuss the strike, its effects on writers of color, and what it means for upcoming television seasons.
  • Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes. A fast-paced, witty take on the legendary "Sherlock Holmes" crime novels, now set in present day London and starring Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Last Enemy") as the Baker Street sleuth.
    MASTERPIECE MYSTERY! SHERLOCK, Season 1: The Blind Banker
    Friday, Dec. 20, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport + Encore Monday, Dec. 23 at 12 a.m. on KPBS TV. When a banker is found dead inside his locked apartment, Sherlock follows the clues.
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