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News Articles: Arts & Life

"It's always more fun to play heavy than it is to play a good guy," Gene Hackman told <em>Fresh Air</em>'s Terry Gross.

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  • Obituaries

Gene Hackman, who thrived playing the tough guy, dies at 95

Hackman epitomized a 1970s, edgy, tightly wound masculinity. He appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, and won Oscars for his performances in The French Connection and Unforgiven.

February 27, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • Book Reviews

'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones

Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Maureen Corrigan
"I have a lot to think about the relationship between mourning, between grieving, and between pain, generally speaking, and bilingualism and living in a different language," says Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza about <em>Death Takes Me,</em> her newly translated novel.

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  • Author Interviews

Language as protagonist in Cristina Rivera Garza's newly translated novel

Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza offers new perspective on gender violence through a murder mystery and poetry.

February 27, 2025
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  • Adriana Gallardo
"50 Years of Hope and HA-HAs" is the first Vietnamese American art exhibit to open in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, according to the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

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  • Fine Art

A new art exhibit examines 50 years since the Vietnam War and looks forward with hope

April 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In Washington, D.C., a new art exhibit offers counter-narratives of what it means to be Vietnamese American.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Suzanne Nuyen
Two weeks after killing off its owl mascot, Duolingo says Duo is back from the dead — thanks to users doing their daily language lessons.

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  • Business

Duolingo's owl mascot is alive after all. What did it gain from faking his death?

Duolingo's mascot faked his death to get users to do their daily lessons, and attention from pop star Dua Lipa. Here's how he masterminded it — and why one expert sees the campaign as a success.

February 27, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Karla Sofía Gascón as the title character in Emilia Pérez.

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  • Movies

The Oscars are never just about the movies

This year, off-screen tweets may end up swaying the Oscars race. But real-world events and people have been shaping the awards for decades.

February 27, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
If you're searching for new and different ways to express your spirituality, it's possible to develop your own practices, says Aizaiah Yong, an associate professor of spirituality at the Claremont School of Theology.

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  • Religion

Curious about exploring your spirituality? Ask yourself these 4 questions

You don't need to be religious to create a meaningful connection to something greater than yourself. If you're interested in examining that relationship, grab a pen and paper and answer these prompts.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Ruth Tam
Michelle Trachtenberg starred as Georgina on the CW show <em>Gossip Girl</em> and Dawn in the <em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer </em>series. She's pictured above in 2015.

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  • Obituaries

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, of 'Harriet the Spy' and 'Gossip Girl' dies at 39

The actress was found dead in an apartment in Manhattan on Wednesday, police said.

February 26, 2025
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  • Neda Ulaby
If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for their Oscar nominations. Above, an Oscar statuette is seen backstage during the Academy Awards in 2017.

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  • Movies

Here are our favorite actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar

If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for Oscar nominations. Here's why.

February 26, 2025
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  • Glen Weldon,
  • Stephen Thompson,
  • and 2 more
Yura Borisov as Igor in <em>Anora.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

How 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive 'brute'

Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The film has a total of six nominations, including for best picture.

February 26, 2025
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Zoe Saldaña performs "El Mal" in the film <em>Emilia Pérez</em>. The song is one of two from the musical that was nominated for the Oscar for best original song.

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  • Music

The 2025 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked

This year's race — which includes beloved stars, up-and-coming talents and a pair of songs from a successful but controversial musical — feels wide open. That doesn't mean all the songs are equally worthy.

February 26, 2025
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  • Stephen Thompson
A snowshoe trek to Wolf Pond in New York's Adirondack Mountains.  After breaking trail through the woods, the icy lake opens up to views of the High Peaks Wilderness.

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  • Arts & Life

A snowshoe trek in the Adirondack Mountains on a classic winter day

Snowshoeing in the Adirondacks on a winter day with chickadees for company

February 26, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
Joy Reid speaks in New Orleans in 2024.

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  • National

Joy Reid fired from MSNBC amid network shakeup

Reid is a longtime political commentator who has been vocal on progressive issues and sharply critical of President Trump.

February 25, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Caitlin Shetterly

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  • Arts & Life

'Most people are good': How a stranger's words became a family mantra

On a flight home, Caitlin Shetterly told the man next to her that after 9/11, flying made her nervous. Then the man told her something she'll never forget: "Most people are good."

February 25, 2025
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  • Laura Kwerel

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  • Book Reviews

After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs

Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.

February 24, 2025
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  • John Powers
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