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News Articles: Arts & Life

Riz Ahmed at the 2021 Academy Awards.

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  • Movies

Just 10% Of Popular Movies Had A Muslim Character. Riz Ahmed Wants To Change That

The Oscar-nominated actor is launching an initiative on Muslim representation in movies, after a new study showed less than 10% of the top films between 2017 and 2019 depicted Muslims on screen.

June 12, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
GPB  NPR

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  • Television

Annie Murphy On Her New, Surrealist Sit-Com

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actor Annie Murphy about a new AMC series Kevin Can F**k Himself that upends the typical approach to a family sitcom.

June 12, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Omar Sy stars as a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series <em>Lupin</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

The Most Wanted Man In France Is Invisible In 'Lupin Part 2'

Omar Sy plays a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series modeled on Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin novels. The new season offers a winning confection of speed, cool settings and good acting.

June 11, 2021
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  • John Powers
GPB  NPR

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  • Television

Stephen Colbert On Missing His Live Audience And Making Comedy A Family Business

The Late Show With Stephen Colbert resumes taping in front of a live audience on June 14. Colbert spoke to Fresh Air in April 2021 about filming the show from home during the pandemic.

June 11, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
<em>Rugrats</em><em> </em>stars Cheryl Chase and Nancy Cartwright.

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  • Arts & Life

Animal Songs

In this music parody game, Rugrats stars Cheryl Chase and Nancy Cartwright hear songs about animals that were rewritten to be about fictional examples of those animals.

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB  NPR

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  • Arts & Life

Check-In: Eyewear Escapades

Ophira Eisenberg informs Jonathan Coulton how, after a lifetime of sitting too close to screens, she finally decided to give in and wear glasses. Coulton shares his hard-earned eyewear fashion advice.

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Grammy Award-winning artist Sara Bareilles.

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  • Arts & Life

Sara Bareilles

Grammy-winning musician Sara Bareilles discusses how the Broadway musical Waitress changed her life. Then, she gets quizzed on one of her favorite shows: The Golden Girls.

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Hosts of NBC's <em>American Ninja Warrior</em> Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila.

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  • Arts & Life

Real or Fake Video Game Peripheral

Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, hosts of NBC's American Ninja Warrior, guess which weird video game controllers actually exist and which are made up. DJ turntables? Electro-shock wristbands?

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Pictured: Tommy Dewey as Stu Pickles, Nancy Cartwright as Chuckie Finster and Cheryl Chase as Anjelica Pickles of the Paramount+ series <em>Rugrats</em>.

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  • Arts & Life

Adult Milestones

Rugrats first aired 30 years ago. In this game, Nancy Cartwright and Cheryl Chase, the voices of Chuckie Finster and Angelica Pickles, imagine what their original audience might be doing now.

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Hosts of NBC's <em>American Ninja Warrior</em> Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbajabiamila.

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  • Arts & Life

American Ninja Where?

Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, hosts of NBC's American Ninja Warrior, play a game where they imagine what would happen if landmarks from American cities became American Ninja Warrior obstacles.

June 11, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
<em>Mercury Rising</em>, by Jeff Shesol

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  • Space

'Mercury Rising' Explores Treacherous U.S. Attempts to Control Space

In Mercury Rising, historian Jeff Shesol recalls the early days of the U.S. space program, when Cold War fears ruled and no one was sure John Glenn would survive America's first orbital flight.

June 11, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
A sculpture created out of electronic waste in the likeness of Mount Rushmore and the G-7 leaders sits on a hill in Cornwall, England, near where the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations will meet.

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  • Environment

2 Artists Want G-7 Leaders To End E-Waste. So They Sculpted Them Out Of Trash

Made of circuit boards and smartphones, a giant sculpture of the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations is greeting them at a summit in England. The creators want to raise awareness about e-waste.

June 11, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt
A mini replica of the French-designed Statue of Liberty will reach the U.S. on July 1. Here, the statue awaits its move in Paris on Monday.

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  • World

Little Lady Liberty: France Is Sending The U.S. A Second, Smaller Statue Of Liberty

France is sending a mini Statue of Liberty to the U.S. It will stand across from the original Lady Liberty through the Independence Day holiday before being transported to the French Embassy in D.C.

June 10, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
Cynde Strand was one of several wartime photojournalists featured in Heather O'Neill's new film "No Ordinary Life"

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  • Arts & Life

Documentary 'No Ordinary Life' Highlights Women Photojournalists In War

In her new documentary film No Ordinary Life, Atlanta-based director Heather O'Neill set out to highlight the lives of those rarely shown to the public — women photojournalists who risk their own safety behind the camera to bring the images of war and conflict to the world.

 

June 10, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
Khloe Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Kris Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, and Kendall Jenner in Hollywood at the Kardashian Kollection Launch Party in 2011.

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  • Pop Culture

The Kardashians Kiss Reality TV Goodbye — And Move On To Disney And Hulu

E! series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which chronicled many marriages, babies and scandals over 20 seasons, ends Thursday. But this isn't the last we'll see of the Kardashian-Jenner family.

June 10, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
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