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News Articles: Arts & Life

<em>Barbie</em>, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is the top grossing movie of 2023, generating more than $1.3 billion at the international box office so far.

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  • Music Interviews

'Barbie' music producer Mark Ronson opens up about the film's 'bespoke' sound

Ronson spent a year creating Barbie's music, with the help of artists like Nicki Minaj, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish. "Everyone ran with it and did something different," he says.

September 08, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

'New Yorker' culture critic says music and mixtapes helped make sense of himself

Hua Hsu won the Pulitzer Prize for Stay True, his memoir about identity, musical obsessions and the sudden tragic murder of a close friend. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2022.

September 08, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
Nicki Minaj attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, Calif.

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  • Music

Nicki Minaj paints hip-hop pink — and changes the game

The 2010 Nicki Minaj album Pink Friday brought vibrant new shades to hip-hop.

September 08, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell

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  • Arts & Life

'Wednesday's Child' deals in life after loss

The stories in Yiyun Li's book focus chiefly on people trying to put themselves together after loss, dealing with anguish that takes its time and rises from its dormancy at unexpected moments.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Michael Schaub
Actor Danny Masterson leaves Los Angeles superior Court with his wife Bijou Phillips after a judge declared a mistrial in his rape case in 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

Actor Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for rape

The "That '70s Show" star was found guilty of two counts of rape in May, in a trial that involved the Church of Scientology.

September 07, 2023
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  • Andrew Limbong
Actor Michelle Allaire owns the S&W Country Diner in Culver City.

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  • Movies

From snow globes to tutoring, strikes kick Hollywood side hustles into high gear

One comedy writer opened a snow globe business on Etsy. A showrunner's assistant is offering bar and bat mitzvah tutoring. As the strikes wear on, here's how Hollywood workers are getting by.

September 07, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
SAG-AFTRA leader Fran Drescher has some choice words for Hollywood studio heads.

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  • Business

'You could be the hero': Fran Drescher tells NPR how the Hollywood strikes can end

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
Lauren Mayberry performs at the 9:30 Club in D.C. on Monday.

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  • Music

Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry goes solo — and we got exclusive backstage access

At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Lauren Mayberry announced herself as a solo star.

September 07, 2023
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Noah Caldwell,
  • and 1 more

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  • Book Reviews

Descendants of a famous poet wrestle with his vexed legacy in 'The Wren, The Wren'

An acclaimed Irish poet deserts his sick wife and two young daughters. Anne Enright's new novel centers on the way that betrayal reverberates throughout the next generations.

September 07, 2023
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  • Maureen Corrigan
GPB  NPR

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  • Science

Understanding the joy that many find in sadness

Why are humans attracted to art that combines sadness and beauty? A brain scientist says sadness has benefits like helping elicit empathy and purging negative emotion.

September 06, 2023
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  • Jon Hamilton

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  • Book Reviews

'Holly' is one of Stephen King's most political novels to date

Holly is a gripping crime novel — one that's very close to the traditional King horror aesthetic. The author hasn't been shy about his politics, but this is one of his most political books to date.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Gabino Iglesias
Lars Mikkelsen stars as real estate baron Holger Lang in Season 3 of the Danish thriller <em>Face to Face.</em>

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  • TV Reviews

'Face to Face' is a murder mystery that lives up to the tradition of Nordic Noir

Imagine if Logan Roy from Succession had to solve a murder. That's the vibe of the third and final season of this Danish thriller, which focuses on a heartless developer's attempt to solve a crime.

September 06, 2023
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  • John Powers
Former YouTube star Ruby Franke, pictured here in a video for her mental health counseling service ConneXions, was charged with six felony counts of child abuse.

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  • National

YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

September 06, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A Preply survey found that American workers' least favorite corporate buzzwords include "new normal," "circle back," "win-win," "move the needle" and "think outside the box."

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  • Business

Tired of 'circling back' and 'touching base'? How to handle all the workplace jargon

Two recent surveys reveal white-collar workers' least favorite corporate clichés, from 'circling back' to 'moving the needle.' Here's why workplace jargon bothers us — and what we can do about it.

September 06, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Franne Lee at the New York Public Library's Hal Prince exhibition in 2019. Lee designed the costumes for Prince's <em>Sweeney Todd</em> and <em>Candide.</em>

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  • Obituaries

Franne Lee, who designed costumes for 'SNL' and 'Sweeney Todd,' dies at 81

From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.

September 06, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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