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  • Television

More than fame and success, Rosie Perez found what she always wanted — a stable home

Raised in a convent for abandoned kids, The Flight Attendant co-star used to dream of stability and a loving home. Now that she has it, Perez says, "It's priceless." Originally published May 9, 2022.

January 02, 2023
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Arts & Life

Calendars are for managing your time. But planners are for dreaming without limits

I've become partial to Passion Planners, which contain calendars, reflection prompts and journal pages. It's got enough structure to get me in the right headspace, with blank space to make it my own.

January 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ariana Stone
<em>Prima Facie,</em> by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway.

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  • Theater

Here are nine NYC shows we can't wait to see this spring

You never know what'll hit or miss — but you can look at who wrote the script and score, and who's directing and starring. Here's what Jeff Lunden is keeping his eye on, both on and off-Broadway.

January 02, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Jonah Kinigstein, 99, has been making art since he was a teenager. Some of his work satirizes modern artists such as Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock, visible in the painting behind him.

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  • Art & Design

This artist stayed figurative when art went abstract — he's finally recognized, at 99

Figurative painter Jonah Kinigstein was shut out of the art world when abstract expressionism came to prominence. Now he's finally getting some recognition.

January 01, 2023
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By:
  • Matthew Schuerman
A view of a section of Michael Heizer's <em>City</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Immerse yourself in this colossal desert 'City' — but leave the selfie stick at home

Michael Heizer began work on his massive installation in the Nevada desert more than 50 years ago. One of the largest artworks in the world, it cost $40 million (so far) and is now open to the public.

January 01, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for Dec. 31, 2022: Happy Holidays Edition!

Santa's delivering some late gifts this week, including some of our favorite interviews from 2022! Enjoy a stocking full of Ralph Macchio, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Matt Walsh, and more!

December 31, 2022
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  • GPB Newsroom
Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson performs at the Western Folklife Center during the 28th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, on Feb. 2, 2012, in Elko, Nevada.

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  • Arts & Life

Ian Tyson, half of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia, has died at age 89

The Canadian folk singer wrote the modern standard "Four Strong Winds" as one half of Ian & Sylvia and helped influence such future superstars as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

December 31, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in the film <em>The Menu</em>.

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  • Pop Culture

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, listening and reading

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Menu, dancer Kim Hale, "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet, Drink Masters and more.

December 30, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon,
  • Aisha Harris,
  • and 3 more
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  • Obituaries

Remembering the artists, filmmakers, actors and writers we lost in 2022

This was the year we lost actors Sidney Poitier, Angela Lansbury and Bob Saget, fashion titan André Leon Talley, artists Sam Gilliam and Claes Oldenburg and authors David McCullough and Hilary Mantel.

December 30, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
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  • Movie Interviews

'Weird Al' Yankovic wants to 'bring sexy back' to the accordion

It's "a very sensual instrument," the parody artists insists. A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of. Originally broadcast Nov. 16, 2022.

December 30, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Arata Isozaki arrives at the Élysée Palace in Paris on May 24, 2019. The Pritzker-winning Japanese architect has died at 91.

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  • Obituaries

Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki dies at 91

The Japanese architect was known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs. He won the Pritzker Prize, the highest honor in the field, in 2019.

December 30, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Burna Boy performs in Philadelphia, having brought his signature sound to the world.

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  • Music

The Burna Boy philosophy: 'Anybody not comfortable with my reality is not my fan'

Burna Boy opens up about his connection to his fans, his home, and the ways he makes sense of who he is as a person and who he is as a performer.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Mia Venkat,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 1 more
<em>The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin</em>, from Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530, Simon Bening. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment.

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  • Fine Art

'Visualizing the Virgin' shows Mary in the Middle Ages

An exhibition of illuminated manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum explores how Jesus' mother was portrayed before Renaissance artists painted her with golden curls, perfect skin and blue eyes.

December 30, 2022
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  • Susan Stamberg
British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood waves to the audience after presenting her fashion collection at Milan Fashion Week in 2012. Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81.

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  • Obituaries

Vivienne Westwood, influential punk fashion maverick, dies at 81

Westwood's fashion career began in the 1970s with the punk explosion, when her radical approach to urban street style took the world by storm.

December 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Bill Cosby at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., on the first day of sentencing in his sexual assault trial on Sept. 24, 2018.

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  • National

Bill Cosby plans to tour in 2023 even as he faces a new sexual assault lawsuit

The news of his tour plans comes just weeks after five women filed another sexual assault lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian.

December 29, 2022
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  • Giulia Heyward
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