KEELEY HAWES TO LEAD IN ADAPTATION OF GILL HORNBY’S INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING NOVEL MISS AUSTEN on MASTERPIECE Sunday, ...

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Jane Birkin’s family had a plan for their teenage daughter that could have been relevant in Jane Austen’s era. She would live at home in London, where she would become a debutante at age 17 or 18 and ...

Ken Burns, the preeminent documentary filmmaker of his generation, knows how to captivate audiences, whether it's with history or a quip. When he told hundreds of fans at a Wayne State University ...

The making of the latest Ken Burns docuseries took 10 years from start to completion. Burns directed the project, which is 12 hours long and contains six episodes, with Sarah Botstein and David ...

CHAWTON, England — By the time she died at just 41, Jane Austen had penned six books that would revolutionize the English novel and created a cultural phenomenon that lasts to this day. Her most ...

As Jane Austen celebrates her 250th birthday, Ava Pickett has adapted Emma for the stage. She’s taken a radical approach. She talks to Sarah Crompton about why Austen is still the best portrayer of ...

On Wall Street, fortunes are often won and lost with the tiniest advantages. And for the past few years, one trading firm has stood out from the rest for both huge profits and careful secrecy — Jane ...

Cascade PBS is restructuring its news operation and eliminating almost 20 jobs, the Seattle-based public media organization announced Monday, citing federal budget cuts and eliciting alarm from its ...

TV characters may often lead more exciting lives than the average person, but they're just as susceptible as anyone to relaxing on the couch while watching their own televisions. Most of the time, ...