Today in history: Remembering composer Aaron Copland
His symphonies, ballet and film scores, songs and choral works became the American classical style, combining his formal studies of music with popular American genres such as folk and jazz.
Dalton Trumbo, the “Spartacus” screenwriter who broke the blacklist
Dalton Trumbo, the jailed screenwriter who broke the Hollywood Blacklist, is making a comeback in a superb biopic.
"Trumbo": We're still persecuting the innocent
Director Jay Roach, known for lighter fare, has taken on a heady subject, no less than the most famous communist in Hollywood history -- Dalton Trumbo.
Actress Lauren Bacall, who protested Hollywood blacklist, dies at 89
"Stardom isn't a career," Bacall once observed, "it's an accident." What a lucky accident it turned out to be.
