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News Articles: Arts & Life

R. Kelly, arriving for a court hearing in Chicago in May 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Opinion: 13 Years After The Last R. Kelly Trial, The Culture Has Changed

The first federal trial against disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly is underway. Tenacious reporting has explicitly centered the mostly Black girls and women who have accused him.

August 15, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' For Aug. 14, 2021: Summer Break Edition

This week, we take a break from the news to feature some of our favorite moments from past shows.

August 14, 2021
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  • Book Reviews

Kaveh Akbar Pits The Self Against The Sacred In His New Poems

Words can seem infinite — but language has limits. In his new poetry collection, Pilgrim Bell, Kaveh Akbar shapes language into prayer, into body, into patchwork — but only into what can be known.

August 14, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
All Me, by Winfred Rembert

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  • Race

The Late Winfred Rembert Documented His Life With Art — And Now A Book

Winfred Rembert's autobiography features images of fishing in the culvert and dancing in the juke joint — but also of picking cotton, escaping a lynching and working on the chain gang.

August 14, 2021
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  • Debbie Elliott
Mike Richards is the new host of the daily syndicated game show <em>Jeopardy! </em>Maybe you've heard of it.

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  • Television

For A Show Full Of Answers, 'Jeopardy!' Host Selection Raises A Lot Of Questions

Despite having gotten good reviews for his guest-hosting stint, new host (and executive producer) Mike Richards has found himself greeted with mixed feelings at best.

August 13, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA will be one of 48 venues across the country affected by AEG's new policy.

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  • Concerts

One Of The Biggest Live Music Companies Will Require Full Vaccination

AEG Presents is behind such iconic venues as Webster Hall and The Roxy, as well as the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The policy starts Oct. 1.

August 13, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
Jennifer Hudson doesn't try to mimic Aretha Franklin so much as channel her spirit. Franklin was heavily involved in the development of <em>Respect</em> up until her death in 2018, and she reportedly handpicked Hudson to star in it.

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  • Movie Reviews

Aretha Franklin Biopic Pays Proper 'Respect' To The Queen Of Soul

Even well-worn notes can sound freshly resonant in the right hands. A new film about Franklin's early years doesn't entirely avoid biopic conventions, but there's real intelligence and feeling in it.

August 13, 2021
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  • Justin Chang
Devery Jacobs, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, and Paulina Alexis (L-R) attend the premiere of FX's new comedy series "Reservation Dogs" at NeueHouse Los Angeles on August 5, 2021 in Hollywood, California. The show is being hailed as groundbreaking for Indigenous representation.

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  • Television

'Reservation Dogs' Is A Game Changer For Indigenous Representation On TV

In the new comedy series 'Reservation Dogs', four Indigenous teens in rural Oklahoma are desperate for a new life in California. Native critic Vincent Schilling calls the show "ground breaking."

August 13, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
L to R: Lisa (Rosa Salazar) gets more than she bargained for from Boro (Catherine Keener) in Netflix's <em>Brand New Cherry Flavor</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

Gleefully Lurid 'Brand New Cherry Flavor' Explores The (Black) Magic Of The Movies

The trippy Netflix series about a student filmmaker who uses dark magic to get revenge on a sleazy producer borrows heavily from Cronenberg and Lynch, but tells a weird, gruesome tale all its own.

August 13, 2021
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  • Glen Weldon
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  • Arts & Life

Art Details

Couple-testants Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone get tested on their memory of famous pieces of art.

August 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
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  • Arts & Life

This, That Or The Other

Ted Lasso stars Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham play the most whimsical TTOTO yet: a capella group, British children's TV shows, or American snack cakes made by the company "Hostess."

August 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Reading Lost

Linguists Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne, hosts of the podcast Lingthusiasm, play a word game where every answer is the title of a famous book with one letter changed.

August 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Williams on Williams

In this music parody game, lyrics were added to some of John Williams' most famous movie themes, making them about other famous people with the last name Williams.

August 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Good Questions

Couple-testants Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone play a music parody game in which songs with a question in their title are rewritten to be about types of tests.

August 13, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Accepted or Rejected Emoji

Linguists Gretchen McCulloch and Lauren Gawne, hosts of the podcast Lingthusiasm, take on that challenge in this speed round about everyone's favorite pictograms.

August 13, 2021
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