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Celebrating movie icons: Dennis Hopper

9:58am August 29, 2024

by Terry Gross

Hopper, who died in 2010, became famous for the 1969 hippie biker road trip movie, Easy Rider. "There was a lot of smoking grass on that picture. ... I didn’t do it. But I drank," he said in 1990.

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The mythical 1982 DC Comics Style Guide is finally being reissued

7:20am August 29, 2024

The guide was created in 1982 to help ensure a consistent look for characters. For years fans have pushed for a way to buy this guide.

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Conductor Jonathon Heyward is breaking barriers

5:00am August 29, 2024

As music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Heyward is the youngest to lead a major American orchestra and the first Black music director in the organization’s 107-year history.

9 people have died in connection to the listeria outbreak among Boar's Head products

4:36am August 29, 2024

The Boar's Head recall was first issued in July and linked to a ready-to-eat liverwurst product. The recall has since expanded to products including sliced ham varieties, sausages and loaves.

Jeff Goldblum says acting was an escape from a tough culture of "whoever is strongest wins."

Jeff Goldblum was bullied growing up. It made him crave something 'finer'

3:00am August 29, 2024

Jeff Goldblum has a special brand of charisma — the kind that seeps its way into all of his roles. Whether it's in The Fly or Independence Day or Jurassic Park — or his newest show KAOS — every character feels like a version of Jeff Goldblum himself. He also brings that Goldblumian charisma to Wild Card, breaking into song as he reflects with Rachel about his life.

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Video game performers want protections from artificial intelligence

6:17pm August 28, 2024

by Mandalit del Barco

Video game technology has evolved rapidly in recent years, and it increasingly relies on AI. Performers who do stunts and behind-the-scenes body movements for games want their work protected.

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'Very demure, very mindful' trademark issue is 'handled,' TikTok influencer says

5:31pm August 28, 2024

While Jools Lebron was captivating millions of people with her "very demure, very mindful" TikTok videos, at least two people submitted applications to trademark her catchphrases.

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This is genius: A new graphic novel imagines conversations between Einstein and Kafka

12:20pm August 28, 2024

Turns out Albert Einstein and Franz Kafka lived in Prague at the same time and had the same circle of friends. In a new graphic novel, Ken Krimstein puts us in the room with two 20th century geniuses.

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Celebrating movie icons: Sidney Poitier

11:32am August 28, 2024

by Terry Gross

In this 2000 interview, Poitier talked about his disastrous first audition, why reading was a struggle and how he went on to become the most famous Black actor of his generation.

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After months on the run, a murder suspect falls through the ceiling and into custody

11:30am August 28, 2024

Authorities issued a warrant in May for Deario Wilkerson's arrest in connection with a fatal shooting. They finally captured him in Memphis this week, after he fell, so to speak, into their laps.