Actor Griffin Dunne Revisits His Hollywood Childhood
Mon, 10 Jun
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Dunne grew up in Beverly Hills, in a family of storytellers — including his father, author Dominic...
Best Of: 'Merrily We Roll Along'; MSNBC Host Ali Velshi
Sat, 08 Jun
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Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along flopped when it debuted in 1981. But its Broadway r...
Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress into Satire
Fri, 07 Jun
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Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and h...
Ronan Farrow on the link between #MeToo, Weinstein and Trump
Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:57:37 +0000
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While reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, Farrow unearthed details of the Nationa...
Colson Whitehead returns to 1970s NYC in 'Crook Manifesto'
Wed, 05 Jun
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Whitehead's sequel to Harlem Shuffle centers on crime at every level, from small-time crooks to Harl...
MSNBC Host Ali Velshi Traces His Ancestors' Migration
Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:18:59 +0000
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In his memoir, Small Acts of Courage, Velshi chronicles his family's journey, from a village in Indi...
'Merrily We Roll Along' Revival Is A Love Letter To Sondheim
Mon, 03 Jun
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Stephen Sondheim's 1981 flop is now a Broadway hit. This revival of Merrily We Roll Along is nominat...
Best Of: Maggie Rogers / Kristen Wiig
Sat, 01 Jun
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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...
Carrying On After A Life-Changing Accident
Fri, 31 May
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How do you get on with life after an accident that leads to disability and chronic pain? That's the ...
Revisiting A Chicago Hate Crime And Its Aftermath
Thu, 30 May 2024 20:13:30 +0000
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Yohance Lacour's Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast, You Didn't See Nothin', tells the story of Lenard C...
Yo-Yo Ma Says He's Living His Best Childhood Now
Wed, 29 May
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About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrumen...
The Untold Story Of The C-Section
Tue, 28 May 2024 18:45:13 +0000
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When journalist Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia di...
The Stax Records Soul Sound
Mon, 27 May
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The small Memphis label Stax Records created soul hits by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, ...
Best Of: Michael McDonald / The American 'Food Cartel'
Sat, 25 May
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Grammy-winning musician Michael McDonald looks back on his childhood and his career in a new memoir....
'Mad Max' Director George Miller
Fri, 24 May
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The fifth installment of the Mad Max series of post-apocalyptic action films is roaring into theater...
The Corruption Scandal That Rocked The Navy
Thu, 23 May 2024 19:42:55 +0000
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In Fat Leonard, journalist Craig Whitlock tells the story of a defense contractor who plied Navy com...
Maggie Rogers (Extended Version)
Wed, 22 May
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In 2021, burnt out from the intensity of her early career, Maggie Rogers considered quitting music e...
Kristen Wiig
Tue, 21 May 2024 19:01:25 +0000
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The SNL alum co-stars with Carol Burnett in Palm Royale, an Apple TV+ series about a former pageant ...
Michael McDonald
Mon, 20 May
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McDonald says that earlier in his career, he tended to avoid writing about himself directly in songs...
Best Of: Kathleen Hanna / Tyler James Williams
Sat, 18 May
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Musician, activist, and punk pioneer Kathleen Hanna talks about being at the epicenter of the '90s r...
Remembering Filmmaker Roger Corman
Fri, 17 May
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Filmmaker Roger Corman, the "King of the B" movies, died last week at the age of 98. He made hundred...
Writer Carvell Wallace On Pain, Processing & Letting Go
Thu, 16 May 2024 19:42:58 +0000
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Wallace is known for his celebrity profiles, but his new memoir, Another Word For Love, is about his...
Regional Complexities Of The Israel/Hamas War
Wed, 15 May
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The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom explains why some Arab leaders hate Hamas, f...
'Abbott Elementary' Actor Tyler James Williams
Tue, 14 May 2024 19:35:56 +0000
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Williams was thrust into the public eye as a kid, when he starred in Everybody Hates Chris. Now, pla...
Kathleen Hanna's 'Rebel Girl' Life
Mon, 13 May
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Kathleen Hanna's band Bikini Kill was the epicenter of the riot grrrl feminist punk movement of the ...
Best Of: Brittney Griner / Discovering Plant Intelligence
Sat, 11 May
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WNBA star Brittney Griner talks about the physical and emotional hell of her nearly 300 days in Russ...
'The Sympathizer' Author Viet Thanh Nguyen
Fri, 10 May
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Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer has been adapted into a series on H...
Remembering Minimalist Painter Frank Stella
Thu, 09 May 2024 18:46:41 +0000
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We remember painter and sculptor Frank Stella, whose early work was considered revolutionary. He die...
A People's History Of Black Twitter
Wed, 08 May
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#BlackLivesMatter. #OscarsSoWhite. #ICantBreathe. Filmmaker Prentice Penny's docuseries about Black ...
WNBA Star Brittney Griner Imprisonment & Release
Tue, 07 May 2024 18:07:24 +0000
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Griner spent nearly 300 days incarcerated in Russia after authorities at the Moscow airport found tw...
The Hidden World Of Plant Intelligence
Mon, 06 May
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Climate journalist Zoë Schlanger explains the fascinating science behind how plants learn, communic...
Best Of: Jon Bon Jovi / Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo
Sat, 04 May
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In a new Hulu docuseries, Jon Bon Jovi looks back on his career and his recovery after vocal surgery...
Remembering Writer Paul Auster
Fri, 03 May
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The New York Times described Paul Auster as the "Patron Saint of Literary Brooklyn." He died Tuesday...
What Will Happen With The TikTok Ban?
Thu, 02 May 2024 19:27:23 +0000
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Congress and President Biden say TikTok must shed its financial ties to China or face a ban in the U...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War
Thu, 02 May 2024 00:04:00 +0000
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In The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraha...
Fantasy Writer Leigh Bardugo On Magic & Miracles
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 18:58:21 +0000
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Leigh Bardugo is best known for her YA Shadow and Bone series. Her adult novel, The Familiar, center...
Jon Bon Jovi
Mon, 29 Apr
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A few years ago, Bon Jovi stopped performing because of a vocal cord injury. The Hulu docuseries Tha...
Best Of: St. Vincent / Kids In An Age Of Anxiety
Sat, 27 Apr
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Songwriter, guitarist and singer St. Vincent talks about her new album, All Born Screaming. Also, we...
Novelist John Green On The 'Invasive Weed' Of OCD
Fri, 26 Apr
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Green's YA novel, Turtles All the Way Down, has been recently adapted to film (on MAX May 2). Green ...
Why Writers Are Losing Out In Hollywood
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:29:04 +0000
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Nearly a year after the Hollywood writers' strike started, the entertainment industry remains in flu...
The Life & Legacy Of 'Rulebreaker' Barbara Walters
Wed, 24 Apr
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Journalist Susan Page talks about Barbara Walters's groundbreaking career as a newswoman and her sig...
St. Vincent
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:44:35 +0000
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The songwriter, guitarist and singer known as St. Vincent took her stage name from St. Vincent's Hos...
How Minority Rule Threatens Democracy
Mon, 22 Apr
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Journalist Ari Berman says the founding fathers created a system that concentrated power in the hand...
Best Of: Salman Rushdie's Survival / A New Kind Of Whodunit
Sat, 20 Apr
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Writer Salman Rushdie talks about the knife attack that nearly killed him — and his life since the...
Remembering PBS Anchor Robert MacNeil
Fri, 19 Apr
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Longtime PBS news anchor Robert MacNeil died last week at 93. He spoke with Terry Gross a few times ...
Our Fragile Food System
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:45:17 +0000
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Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser says mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies t...
A Death Doula Says 'Get Real' About The End
Wed, 17 Apr
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Alua Arthur works with families, caretakers, and people close to death who want to be intentional ab...
Salman Rushdie On Surviving Attempted Murder
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:06:29 +0000
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Rushdie was onstage at a literary event in 2022 when he was attacked by a man in the audience: "Dyin...
A First Date Turns Into A Whodunit In 'Diarra From Detroit'
Mon, 15 Apr
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Growing up, when Diarra Kilpatrick watched murder mystery shows with her grandmother, she never saw ...
Best Of: Andrew Scott / Women Behind The Wheel
Sat, 13 Apr
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Andrew Scott stars as a con artist with no conscience in the new Netflix series Ripley. It's an adap...
The History Of King Kong & Godzilla
Fri, 12 Apr
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Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire is the latest film starring two of cinema's biggest monsters. Today ...
The 'Land Grab' Displacing The Maasai People
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:47:58 +0000
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Atlantic journalist Stephanie McCrummen says foreign interests are acquiring Serengeti territory in ...
The High Pressure Experiments That Made D-Day
Wed, 10 Apr
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What happens to the body in the deep sea? You need oxygen to survive, but too much oxygen can be dea...
Internet Brain & The Age Of Overthinking
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 19:28:52 +0000
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Linguist Amanda Montell says our brains are overloaded with a constant stream of information that st...
Andrew Scott On 'Ripley,' 'Fleabag' & More
Mon, 08 Apr
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Andrew Scott (best known as "hot priest" from Fleabag) plays con artist Tom Ripley in the Netflix ad...
Best Of: Sue Bird / Sleater-Kinney
Sat, 06 Apr
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NCAA/WNBA star Sue Bird spoke with Terry Gross about her career, coming out publicly, and fighting f...
A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Appreciation
Fri, 05 Apr
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HBO's Curb your Enthusiasm comes to an end Sunday night, after 25 years and 12 seasons. We're featur...
Abortion Rights & The Fetal Personhood Movement
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:46:34 +0000
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The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of ...
Capt. Cook's Final Voyage
Wed, 03 Apr
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"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook'...
'Kids Are Not OK' Says Mental Health Expert
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:55:41 +0000
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A global pandemic, school shootings, climate change, war: Children and teenagers are experiencing an...
WNBA Star Sue Bird
Mon, 01 Apr
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Retired point guard Sue Bird holds the record for most career assists in the WNBA, with 3,234 over t...
Best Of: Stories From A Hollywood Insider / Eugene Levy
Sat, 30 Mar
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If you've ever wondered how directors convince stars to appear in their films, or what they do when ...
Celebrating Country Music's Black Roots
Fri, 29 Mar
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Beyoncé's highly anticipated country album, Cowboy Carter, is out today. One of the musicians on it...
How Cars Became A Gendered Technology
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:49:32 +0000
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Author Nancy Nichols says that for men, cars signify adventure, power and strength. For women, they ...
Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Experiment
Wed, 27 Mar
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In 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly approved to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard ...
Climate-Driven Migration In America
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:50:25 +0000
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ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten says in the coming decades it's likely tens of millions of us ...
Sleater-Kinney
Mon, 25 Mar
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Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker co-founded the band Sleater-Kinney together 30 years ago, and bec...
Best Of: The Life Of A Nun / A Foster Parent On Loving & Letting Go
Sat, 23 Mar
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Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...
'Tokyo Vice' Journalist On Japan's Criminal Underworld
Fri, 22 Mar
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Reporter Jake Adelstein's memoir, Tokyo Vice, is about covering the organized crime beat in Japan. T...
The Chinese Mafia & The Illicit Marijuana Trade
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:12:05 +0000
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Marijuana has been legalized in some states, but ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella says there's still a...
A Former Nun On Why She 'Cloistered' And Later Ran Away
Wed, 20 Mar
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Catherine Coldstream spoke with Terry Gross about her years as nun in a Carmelite monastery. She tal...
Christine Blasey Ford On Life Before And Since Testifying
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:29:11 +0000
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Christine Blasey Ford describes what it was like to come forward and testify that Brett Kavanaugh se...
An 'Exvangelical' On Loving & Leaving The Church
Mon, 18 Mar
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NPR Politics correspondent Sarah McCammon grew up in a white evangelical church that taught her to n...
Best Of: Jenny Slate / Julio Torres
Sat, 16 Mar
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Jenny Slate talks about childbirth and motherhood, the subjects of her new comedy special, Seasoned ...
A Maître D' Dishes On The Restaurant Industry
Fri, 15 Mar
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Michael Cecchi-Azzolina has worked in several high-end New York City restaurants — adrenaline-fuel...
What Makes Propaganda Effective?
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:20:52 +0000
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We talk with Peter Pomerantsev, whose new book, How to Win an Information War, is about the man he d...
Eugene Levy Is A 'Reluctant Traveler'
Wed, 13 Mar
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Schitt's Creek star Eugene Levy visits distant lands and tastes exotic foods as the host of the Appl...
Jenny Slate
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:15:46 +0000
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The comic/actor returns. Now she has a 3-year-old daughter, who she sings to in the voice of her cha...
Julio Torres Spins Immigration Stress Into Satire
Mon, 11 Mar
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Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his 20s. His new film, ...
Best Of: Biden's Last Campaign / Trans Writer Lucy Sante
Sat, 09 Mar
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New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos recently interviewed Biden for his new profile about the presiden...
Emma Stone / Mark Ruffalo
Fri, 08 Mar
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Emma Stone has two Oscar nominations for Poor Things: One for best actress and one for best picture,...
A Veteran Filmmaker Shares Secrets From The Set
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:53:26 +0000
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Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows including Legends of th...
Biden's Last Campaign
Wed, 06 Mar
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In a wide-ranging conversation with The New Yorker, President Biden proclaimed that he is the best o...
A War Reporter Reckons With A Deadly Cancer Diagnosis
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 19:22:54 +0000
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As a war correspondent, Rod Nordland faced death many times over. But in 2019, Nordland confronted a...
RuPaul's House Of Hidden Meanings
Mon, 04 Mar
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The Emmy-winning host of RuPaul's Drag Race describes himself as "an introvert masquerading as an ex...
Best Of: The Making Of 'Dune' / Why We Remember
Sat, 02 Mar
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Denis Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune...
Paul Giamatti / Remembering Comic Richard Lewis
Fri, 01 Mar
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Paul Giamatti stars in The Holdovers as a pompous and disliked teacher at a boys boarding school in ...
The Impact Of Christian Nationalism On American Democracy
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 19:04:20 +0000
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Why do many Christian nationalists think Trump is chosen by God to lead the country? We talk with Br...
'Dune' Director Denis Villeneuve
Wed, 28 Feb
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Villeneuve remembers watching the 1984 movie version of Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi novel Dune and t...
Busy Philipps
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:18:22 +0000
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Busy Philipps plays Mrs. George, a "cool mom" seeking the approval of her teen daughter in the new m...
Why We Remember (And Forget)
Mon, 26 Feb
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Charan Ranganath recently wrote an op-ed about President Biden's memory gaffes. He says forgetting i...
Best Of: Mark Ruffalo / Jeffrey Wright
Sat, 24 Feb
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Mark Ruffalo is nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Poor Things. He pla...
Bradley Cooper & Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Fri, 23 Feb
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In his Oscar-nominated biopic Maestro, Bradley Cooper was determined not to imitate the legendary Le...
Trump's Legal Challenges, Explained
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:37:45 +0000
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As Donald Trump seeks to gain the Republican presidential nomination, he faces 91 felony charges acr...
Writer Lucy Sante On Transitioning In Her Late 60s
Wed, 21 Feb
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Lucy Sante has been writing books since the 1980s, exploring everything from photography to urban hi...
Jeffrey Wright, From 'Basquiat' To 'American Fiction'
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:13:03 +0000
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Wright is up for an Oscar for best actor this year for the film American Fiction, where he plays a n...
The History Of The Oscars
Mon, 19 Feb
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From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultura...
Best Of: Molly Ringwald / Busy Philipps
Sat, 17 Feb
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Actress Molly Ringwald came to represent '80s teen angst after starring in Sixteen Candles, The Brea...
Sterling K. Brown / Colman Domingo
Fri, 16 Feb
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Sterling K. Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson,...
The Migrant Crisis In NYC
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 21:30:40 +0000
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How is New York City coping with the 175,000 migrants from the Southern border? New York Times repor...