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News Articles: Arts & Life

Lauren Fleshman's memoir, <em>Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World,</em> is a memoir and a critique of how the sports world treats female athletes.

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The sports world is still built for men. This elite runner wants to change that

Champion distance runner Lauren Fleshman says too many coaches assume — falsely — that what works for male athletes also benefits female athletes. Her memoir is Good for a Girl.

January 10, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
Russell Banks' 1985 breakout novel, <em>Continental Drift, </em>was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He's pictured above in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2007.

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  • Obituaries

Novelist Russell Banks, dead at age 82, found the mythical in marginal lives

The novelist, activist and short story writer explored the lives of the marginalized and the powerless in American life. He was known for his books, Cloudsplitter, Affliction and Continental Drift.

January 10, 2023
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  • Brian Mann
Lynnette Hardaway, left, and Rochelle Richardson, known as Diamond and Silk, speak at a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., in June 2020.

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  • Obituaries

Lynette Hardaway, Diamond of pro-Trump duo 'Diamond and Silk,' has died at 51

Former President Donald Trump is among the conservative figures offering condolences. He called Hardaway's death "totally unexpected" and "really bad news for Republicans and frankly, ALL Americans."

January 10, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman

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  • Book Reviews

Pico Iyer's 'The Half Known Life' upends the conventional travel genre

After years of traversing the globe as the Dalai Lama's biographer and observing how people struggle in searching for meaning, Iyer wonders what kind of paradise can be found in our fractious world.

January 10, 2023
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  • Thúy Đinh
The innovative Danish restaurant Noma, which has reclaimed the title of world's top restaurant several times, said that it will shut down and become "a pioneering test kitchen dedicated to the work of food innovation and the development of new flavors."

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  • Food

Famed Danish restaurant Noma will close by 2024 to make way for a test kitchen

Chef Rene Redzepi's house of Nordic gastronomy will close by the winter of 2024 and re-emerge as Noma 3.0, the Copenhagen eatery said on its webpage.

January 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A view of the stage during the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 09, 2022, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

Tarnished Golden Globes attempt a comeback, after years of controversy

On Tuesday, the 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out awards at a lavish party emceed by Jerrod Carmichael. Studios, networks, stars and publicists boycotted the 2022 ceremony.

January 09, 2023
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Clockwise from upper left: Pedro Pascal in HBO's The Last of Us, Robert Flack from PBS' American Masters: Roberta Flack, Jane Lynch from Starz's Party Down and Harrison Ford in Apple TV 's Shrinking.

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  • Television

The best TV in early 2023: From more Star Trek to a surprising Harrison Ford

The best thing about the start of a new year, especially in media, is the excitement of fresh possibilities. TV critic Eric Deggans says some big stars are in exciting projects this spring.

January 09, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans

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  • Sports

A guide to the present moment: Finding (and losing) yourself backcountry snowboarding

While riding epic lines is the ultimate goal in this sport, the truth is only about 5% of backcountry snowboarding is actually snowboarding. The other 95% is what it takes to get you there.

January 09, 2023
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  • Greg Rosalsky
A person at home in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, watches Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, being interviewed by ITV's Tom Bradby during "Harry: The Interview," two days before his controversial autobiography "Spare" is published, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

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  • Media

In TV interview, Prince Harry says his book is a bid to 'own my story'

Prince Harry spoke to British and U.S. television to promote his book, "Spare," which has generated incendiary headlines with its details of private emotional turmoil and bitter family resentments.

January 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
One-time child actor Adam Rich, who starred in the 1970s TV show <em>Eight is Enough,</em>" walks out of a sheriff's station after posting bail in City of Industry, Calif., in 2002.

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  • Obituaries

Adam Rich, former 'Eight Is Enough' child star, dies at 54

Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as "America's little brother" on Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 54.

January 08, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
<em>Trade, </em>created by Emma O'Halloran and Mark O'Halloran, will be featured at the PROTOTYPE festival this year.

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  • Performing Arts

Who says opera needs a grand stage? This festival is all about intimate productions

The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

January 08, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
Gabriella Torres-Ferrer, <em>Untitled (Valora tu mentira americana)</em> (detail), 2018. Hurricane-ravaged wooden electric post with statehood propaganda. Private collection; courtesy of the artist and Embajada, San Juan.

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  • Arts & Life

When people are less important than beaches: Puerto Rican artists at the Whitney

The first major exhibit of Puerto Rican art on the mainland in 50 years wrestles with the question: Who is Puerto Rico for?

January 07, 2023
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
A scene from the New York production of <em>STOMP</em> featuring Desmond Howard and Emmanuel "Manny" Scott at the Orpheum Theatre.

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  • Arts & Life

STOMP closes after 29-year New York run

The internationally-renowned show exploring the percussive possibilities of the human body and everyday objects ends Jan. 8.

January 07, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Jan. 7, 2023: Happy New Year with Mariska Hargitay!

We're welcoming 2023 with open arms and a never-before-heard interview with Law and Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay! Plus, Mo Amer, Sean Hayes, and a new Bluff the Listener game

January 07, 2023
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  • GPB Newsroom
Nike was just one of the brands featured in the Eastbay catalog, which is now ending. In its heyday, Eastbay was the place to check out the latest sneakers and sports apparel.

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  • Pop Culture

Bidding a fond farewell to Eastbay, the sneakerhead's catalogue

As Foot Locker prepares to wind down the Eastbay brand and close the catalog, producer Gus Contreras remembers his love for the retailer's shoe catalogs growing up in the 1990s.

January 07, 2023
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  • Gus Contreras
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