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News Articles: Arts & Life

<a href="https://www.vh1.com/shows/rupauls-drag-race"><em>RuPaul's Drag Race</em></a> alum and <em>Call Me Mother </em>co-host Peppermint.

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  • Arts & Life

Peppermint

RuPaul's Drag Race alum and Call Me Mother co-host Peppermint talks about the origins of her name and the winding road of her theater career.

July 16, 2021
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GPB  NPR

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We Ship It

It's anchors aweigh for comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Andy Beckerman. They're given imaginary cruises themed around a word ending in "ship," and must decipher what "ship" it would happen on.

July 16, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Check-In: Ask Me Another's Final Taping

Ask Me Another is doing a live taping at The Bell House in Brooklyn New York on August 12 at 7:30pm. You must show proof of vaccination and be 21 or older. Presale code "askmeanother" at NPR Presents.

July 16, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
<em>Scales — </em>debut feature from filmmaker Shahad Ameen — was Saudi Arabia's official entry for the 2021 Oscars. It's set in a dystopian fishing village and tells the lyrical story of a young woman struggling to find her place.

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  • Movies

'Scales' Is A Saudi Arabian Filmmaker's Feminist Fable Of The Sea

Saudi Arabin director Shahad Ameen's debut feature film is set in a dystopian fishing village and tells the lyrical story of a young woman struggling to find her place.

July 16, 2021
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  • Marisa Mazria Katz
Netflix's <em>Naomi Osaka</em> docuseries connects the personal journey of a tennis superstar to issues of race, nationalism, civil rights, modern media and the way athletes are marketed to the world.

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  • TV Reviews

An Introverted Champion Reveals Her Earnest Heart In Netflix's 'Naomi Osaka'

A new Netflix documentary about tennis champion Naomi Osaka is a poignant, albeit curated, portrait of a young biracial woman navigating the precipice of sports superstardom.

July 16, 2021
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  • Eric Deggans
<em>I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year</em> by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker

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  • Book Reviews

How It Went Down: Authors Go Deep Into Doomed 2020 Trump White House

By haranguing all who will listen, in interviews or rally rants, Donald Trump even now is demonstrating his abiding and preternatural confidence in his own persuasiveness.

July 16, 2021
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  • Ron Elving

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  • Book Reviews

'Women Of Brewster Place' Reissue Brims With Inventiveness — And Relevance

Now newly reissued, Gloria Naylor's 1982 novel-in-stories painted a group portrait of seven Black women living on a dingy street in an unnamed city, and the systematic racism they faced.

July 15, 2021
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  • Maureen Corrigan
Britney Spears supporters gathering outside a Los Angeles courthouse before her June 23rd testimony.

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Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case, A Judge Has Ruled

Former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart will now represent the pop star in the fight over her conservatorship.

July 15, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong and
  • Aaron Schrank
GPB  NPR

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  • Music Interviews

Re-Revising 'The History Of Jazz'

Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.

July 15, 2021
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  • Natalie Weiner
GPB  NPR

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Got A Question Or Need Advice? Ask Life Kit And We'll Get An Expert To Answer

We've got experts, now we need your questions! Life Kit has a new advice column and we're looking for your questions and stories to share with our experts.

July 15, 2021
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  • Bronson Arcuri,
  • Becky Harlan,
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Kristin Chenoweth and the company of <em>Schmigadoon!</em>, premiering July 16 on Apple TV+.

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  • TV Reviews

'Schmigadoon!' Will Get Your Toes Tapping, So Sing Along If You Know The Words

The new musical comedy series Schmigadoon! brings a delightful cast to a parody of 1940s Broadway musicals, with good musical results, if things are a little mixed otherwise.

July 15, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
Lawyer Mathew Rosengart (right), with actor Matt Damon and Kenneth Lonergan at a party in Los Angeles in 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Law

Who Is Mathew Rosengart, Britney Spears' New Lawyer?

The lawyer whom Britney Spears has chosen to represent her is a former federal prosecutor turned high-profile Hollywood lawyer. His celebrity clients have included Steven Spielberg and Sean Penn.

July 15, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
The Roberts Temple in Chicago, where Emmett Till's funeral was held.

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  • Arts & Life

Emmett Till Funeral Site, Other Black Landmarks Share $3 Million Preservation Grant

A $3 million grant from the African American Cultural Heritage Fund is aimed at helping 40 landmarks across the country address repair, renovation, and other preservation needs.

July 15, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong

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  • Book Reviews

New Anthology Gives Everyone A Seat At The Round Table

Sword Stone Table brings together a group of authors from marginalized groups to re-imagine the legends of King Arthur for new eras, places and players, inviting all to sit at the Round Table.

July 15, 2021
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  • Liza Graham
Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga

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  • Author Interviews

Meet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga

Oakland, Calif., has named its first Poet Laureate. Dr. Ayodele Nzinga — also known as WordSlanger — will serve a two-year term aimed at making poetry more accessible to Oaklanders.

July 15, 2021
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  • David Exumé
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