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A file picture taken in January 2011 in Paris shows covers of some of the 42 foreign editions of the French fashion magazine "Elle", owned by French media conglomerate Lagardere.

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  • Business

Elle magazine says it will ban fur from its publications worldwide

So far, 13 editions globally have implemented the ban, with 20 more set to do so by January 1. The magazine says the decision reflects changing tastes in fashion.

December 03, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 film Selma, pictured here in a still from the film.

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  • Movies

What three films and their Black characters reveal about America's ideas on race

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

December 03, 2021
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By:
  • Mallory Yu
Dave Draper preparing to catch Sharon Tate on the set of <em>Don't Make Waves.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Dave Draper, iconic American bodybuilder, dies at 79

The bodybuilder won the Mr. America and Mr. Universe pageants in the 1960s and inspired one fan who went on to become the governor of California.

December 03, 2021
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  • Mia Estrada
<em>Picture for Women</em>, 1979, transparency in lightbox

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  • Photography

Why the photographer Jeff Wall relies on memory — not his camera — to make his art

Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Md., is hosting five decades worth of art by Canadian Jeff Wall, a photographer who begins a work "by not photographing."

December 03, 2021
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  • Susan Stamberg
GPB News NPR

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  • National

Suspect identified in shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, L.A. philanthropist

Police have identified a suspect, Aariel Maynor, in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, after he was apprehended nearby.

December 02, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
GPB News NPR

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  • Theater

'Fresh Air' remembers Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (Part 2)

We continue our tribute to Sondheim by listening back to a 2010 interview in which he shared the stories behind some of his most famous songs and gave his take on other great lyricists.

December 02, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
GPB News NPR

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  • Television

Alec Baldwin says he didn't pull the trigger in the fatal shooting on the 'Rust' set

In his first interview since the shooting, the actor breaks down as he remembers the victim Halyna Hutchins.

December 02, 2021
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  • Clare Lombardo
Actors Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito and Charlie Day act during a dance scene on the set of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" in 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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  • Television

'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' is TV's longest-running live-action sitcom

"So, raise that snifter and cheers: To Sunny!" the TV channel FX said. "Yes, it burns a little, and that's what you want."

December 02, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Alvin Ailey dancers Solomon Dumas, Samantha Figgins and Belen Indhira Pereyra in Robert Battle's dance "For Four."

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  • Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brings 2 dances made for the web to the stage

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater shifted to streaming presentations online during pandemic. Now, two dances conceived for the web are included in the company's return to in-person performance.

December 01, 2021
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  • Jeff Lunden
GPB News NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Northern Ireland collective wins the prestigious Turner Prize for art

A collective from Belfast won the U.K. prize for art. Prize organizers said the work tackles "urgent social and political issues affecting Northern Ireland with humor, seriousness and beauty."

December 01, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Stephen Sondheim poses in April 1976.

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  • Theater

'Fresh Air' remembers Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (Part 1)

Sondheim, who died Nov. 26, was the lyricist and composer who gave us Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and other shows. In 2010 he spoke about his writing process, from rhyming to finding the right note.

December 01, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Podcast (Logan Kim).

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  • Arts & Life

With 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife,' fans welcome a new generation to their ranks

Ghostbusters fans are die-hard. Writer Dave Mistich is one of them.

December 01, 2021
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  • Dave Mistich
<em>The Lovely Bones</em> author Alice Sebold said in her statement, "I will continue to struggle with the role that I unwittingly played within a system that sent an innocent man to jail."

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  • Arts & Life

Alice Sebold apologizes to the man exonerated in the rape that her memoir focused on

"I am sorry most of all for the fact that the life you could have led was unjustly robbed from you," the author wrote in a statement. A judge exonerated Anthony Broadwater of the crime last week.

November 30, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
The pandemic was a major blow to the museum's budget. But this historic gift will allow it to expand its collection of modern and contemporary art.

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  • Arts & Life

The Metropolitan Museum of Art scores its largest capital gift ever — $125 million

The money will be used to complete a long-delayed renovation the museum's Modern Wing and comes from philanthropist Oscar Tang, a museum trustee, and his wife Agnes Hsu-Tang.

November 30, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
Josephine Baker poses in Paris in the 1930s.

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  • World

Josephine Baker is the first Black woman to be inducted into France's Pantheon

The trailblazing U.S.-born star and civil rights activist was given France's highest honor on Tuesday when she was inducted into the Pantheon. She first achieved fame in Paris in the 1920s.

November 30, 2021
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
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