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After long wait, Debra Messing ready to star in 'Birthday Candles' on Broadway
Native New Yorker and NYU graduate Debra Messing is now starring in American Airlines Theatre. The show? “Birthday Candles.”
Iconic films by women and POC immortalized by Library of Congress
Many of the films can be freely streamed on the National Screening Room website.
Check out Lennon, Hendrix, Joplin, more in the massive Dick Cavett archives
Legendary talk-show host Dick Cavett has donated an enormous archive of his programs — including his late-night ABC series “The Dick Cavett Show” (1969-75) — to the Library of Congress...
The movie Jerry Lewis didn't want you to see
Few would deny the comedic genius of Jerry Lewis, who died Sunday at age 91. But there is one movie in his slapstick-riddled filmography that drew no laughs — partly...
Trump's official inauguration portrait yanked for glaring typo
The Library of Congress yanked President Trump's official inauguration portrait from its online store because of a glaring typo on the souvenir print. "No dream is too big, no challenge...
4-year-old girl has probably read more than you
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A 4-year-old Georgia girl's love of books has taken her all the way to the Library of Congress. Daliyah Marie Arana got to serve as "Librarian for...
Inside FDR's wartime mission to protect American treasures
Early in the evening of Dec. 26, 1941, a train bound for Fort Knox pulled out of Union Station in Washington, DC. Four Secret Service agents stood guard over an...
Fast Takes: Why Hillary hates Uber, and other notable commentary of the day
From the right: Why Hillary Hates Uber You’d think “sharing” programs like Uber and Lyft would “make people of virtually all political stripes feel warm and fuzzy.” But Hillary Clinton,...
Return to sender: US gives Columbus letter back to Italy
ROME — The U.S. has returned to Italy a letter written by Christopher Columbus in 1493 announcing his discovery of the New World that was stolen from a Florence library...
The Dude will abide in the Library of Congress, with 24 other films
The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress announced its annual selection of 25 notable movies Wednesday. "The Big Lebowski," "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Rosemary's Baby"...
What it meant when the British burned down the White House
On the evening of Aug. 24, 1814, a man — unelected and not American — walked into the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, and sat in the chair of...
Warren Harding letters reveal steamy side of 29th president
On Christmas Eve 1910, future US President Warren Harding wrote his mistress Carrie Phillips a letter that began: "There are no words, at my command, sufficient to say the full...
10 rare views of NYC from more than a century ago
Rare film reviews of New York City from more than a century ago were recently posted on the Library of Congress website. They were shot between 1898 and 1903 for...
Nearly 70% of silent feature films have been lost
WASHINGTON -- The vast majority of feature-length silent films made in America have been lost due to decay and neglect over the past 100 years, allowing an original 20th century...