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News Articles: Arts & Life

Rob Rubba, winner of the Outstanding Chef award at the 2023 James Beard Restaurant And Chef Awards.

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  • Food

These are the winners of this year's James Beard Awards, the biggest night in food

A Washington, D.C., chef won the outstanding category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.

June 06, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
<em>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</em> is earning a lot of praise.

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  • Movies

The new Spider-Man film shows that representation is a winning strategy

The early box office figures for the new Spider-Man film — and the demographic data of moviegoers — paint a vivid picture.

June 06, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 15.

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  • Law

How the SCOTUS 'Supermajority' is shaping policy on everything from abortion to guns

Constitutional lawyer Michael Waldman says there's a growing divide between the electorate and the Court: "the country is moving in one direction ... the Court is moving fast in another direction."

June 06, 2023
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  • Dave Davies
Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court in New York on Jan. 22, 2020. The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records.

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  • Arts & Life

Cuba Gooding Jr. settles a civil sex abuse case just as trial was set to begin

The actor has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago. Gooding's lawyers had insisted that his encounter with the woman was consensual.

June 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lily-Rose Depp as Jocelyn.

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  • TV Reviews

HBO's 'The Idol' offers stylish yet oddly inert debut episode

The narrow scope of the action in The Idol's debut reveals a story stuck in a claustrophobic bubble, offering bursts of nudity and sex to distract from how little is actually happening onscreen.

June 06, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
<em>Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives</em> by Amelia Possanza

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  • Books

'Lesbian Love Story' unearths a century of queer romance

Amelia Possanza's debut book Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives chronicles the lives of queer couples throughout the 20th century.

June 06, 2023
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  • Julie Depenbrock
'The Red Hotel' tells the story of Western journalists who were largely confined to Moscow's Metropol Hotel as they attempted to cover the Soviet side of World War II.

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  • History

'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow

When Russia's Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, he clamped down on the media. In his new book, author Alan Philps sees parallels to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin who confined reporters in World War II.

June 05, 2023
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  • Greg Myre
Margot Robbie stars in the live-action <em>Barbie</em> movie, whose production reportedly required jaw-dropping amounts of pink paint.

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  • Movies

Did the 'Barbie' movie really cause a run on pink paint? Let's get the full picture

A Barbie production designer said "the world ran out of pink" because of how much paint the movie set needed. It had apparently been in short supply to begin with.

June 05, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
In the final scene of <em>Succession</em>, Kendall (Jeremy Strong) stares out at the Hudson River while his father's bodyguard looks on. In an improvised take during filming (which was not included in the episode) Strong climbed the barrier at the water's edge, as if to jump.

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  • Television

We ask the creator of 'Succession' everything you wanted to know about the finale

Was Kendall going to jump into the river? Why did we keep seeing Logan in the bathroom? Creator Jesse Armstrong and executive producer Frank Rich answer all in this wide-ranging interview.

June 05, 2023
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Book Reviews

'The Late Americans' is not just a campus novel

Brandon Taylor deftly explores the idea of youth's possibilities and the constraints of time, space, class and wealth disparities through the intersecting lives university students and townspeople.

June 05, 2023
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  • Thúy Đinh
Spring Woods High School in  Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of <em>The Addams Family.</em>

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  • Performing Arts

These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year

The Addams Family, Clue and Frozen JR were among the most popular shows, according to a new survey. But the report also showed that drama teachers are nervous about censorship.

June 05, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
A scene from the popular Ethiopian soap opera <em>Yegna</em>, which sends messages about health and well-being to its teen viewers. Topics range from child marriage to menstrual pads.

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  • Television

She writes for a hit Ethiopian soap opera. This year, the plot turns on child marriage

The show is Yegna. Its goal (besides entertainment) is to tackle issues affecting teen girls (and boys, too), from a lack of menstrual pads to why betting is unwise. We talk to one of the writers.

June 04, 2023
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  • Veronique Mistiaen
"Dumplings are my obsession," says chef "Nok" Chutatip Suntaranon of Kalaya, a Thai restaurant in Philadelphia.

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  • Food

Immigrants have helped change how America eats. Now they dominate top culinary awards

Immigrants have long been the backbone of restaurant kitchens. Now they're dominating the industry's top awards for chefs, with a majority of nominations going to immigrants or children of immigrants.

June 04, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
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  • Arts & Life

An annual Colorado festival celebrates Mike, a headless chicken

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with McKenzie Kimball, director of a very quirky tradition in Fruita, CO - the "Mike the Headless Chicken Festival."

June 03, 2023
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  • Scott Simon and
  • Lennon Sherburne
Teresa Huang is a member of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA. She organized a special K-pop day at the picket line outside Universal Studios this week.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood writers still going strong, a month after strike began

Members of the Writers Guild of America continue to strike against the major Hollywood studios, pushing for higher pay, more residuals and regulations on AI, among other things.

June 03, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
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