In his youth, John Waters watched the Buddy Deane Show, Baltimore’s version of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, on WJZ-TV. For years, both programs had white teenagers only. Deane called his “the ...

In “Moonlight,” director Barry Jenkins’ evocative tale of the boyhood, adolescence and growing maturity of a sexually-conflicted black man in southern Florida, a wonderful ensemble of actors burrows ...

A wide-eyed, slim boy races past a drug dealer checking in with one of his slingers on a street corner. The dealer looks up to see a crew of youngsters in noisy pursuit. It is the 1980s, and crack is ...

Playing under an umbrella as the rain whipped by wasn’t how Grace VanderWaal expected to preview her new music. But standing on an NYC rooftop surrounded by fans on Thursday night, the 13-year-old ...