During his tenure as CIA director, Burns attempted to thwart Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, worked to broker a ceasefire during the Israel-Hamas war and saw negotiations with ...

From the return of throwback comedy Mammoth, to David Dimbleby’s exploration into the state of the modern monarchy, to ...

Throughout his career, Burns has developed and perfected the tricks of his particular trade: the evocative use of music and quotations from speeches and correspondence; the use of actors to read the ...

The recent decision to strip Andrew of his prince honorific and the His Royal Highness styling has led a lot of people to wonder if Prince Harry could be next. It’s a little bit of an absurd question ...

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’s editing room that reads, “It’s complicated.” Even the prolific documentarian, who spends more time than most exploring the difficult truths of our nation’s history, ...

The new Ken Burns documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Nov. 16 on PBS (check local listings). Celebrities including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Ethan Hawke voice historical figures in the ...

William stood in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Cowboys' Marshawn Kneeland found dead of apparent suicide at 24 after evading officers, police say Can Border Patrol Agents ...

Ahead of the PBS production’s premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their research process and the surprising, long-overlooked stories featured in the ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent. Critic’s Notebook In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the ...

When you attend your birth mother’s 90th birthday party, you realize you are no longer a spring chicken — she’s clearly an ...

"The plaintiff’s claims are not precluded by federal law because, despite the continued vitality of federal common law ...