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Emmy-Nominated 'Watchmen' Writer Explores Generational Trauma And Racism

1:31pm September 18, 2020

by Terry Gross

Cord Jefferson wrote the episode of the HBO superhero series in which the main character goes back in time and to relive the trauma of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Originally broadcast Aug. 13, 2020.

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Tom Holland plays Arvin, a young man who refuses to let evil go unpunished in The Devil All the Time.

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Everyone's A Sinner In 'The Devil All The Time'

1:28pm September 18, 2020

by Justin Chang

The Netflix adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel is grim in ways that can be both exciting and wearying: so many twists and betrayals, so many awful characters, so many horrific acts of violence.

A 1939 portrait of opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, the co-founder and first president of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA).

Whistleblowers Allege Culture Of Secrecy, Protection Of Powerful At Singers' Union

11:25am September 18, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

They point to a real estate deal that could drain two-thirds of the American Guild of Musical Artists' financial reserves and a secretive, failed deal with disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo.

Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul, an Emmy snub but a Deggy winner.

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Sunday The Emmys, But First The Deggys

6:56am September 18, 2020

by Eric Deggans

NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans tells us who he thinks should win the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards with his own prize he calls The Deggys.

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If You Have To Wear A Mask, It Might As Well Be A Masterpiece

4:35pm September 17, 2020

by Susan Stamberg

Many museums are still closed, but their gift shops are doing lively face mask business. You can mask up with a Monet, a van Gogh or, perhaps best suited to These Times: Edvard Munch's The Scream.

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'Here We Are' Conjures Magic From Ordinary Lives

7:00am September 17, 2020

by Heller McAlpin

Graham Smith's new novel seems at first to be a light little story about a seaside love triangle in Brighton, England in the 1950s — but it turns out to be about something far deeper.

NC Film Spending Up, Council Urges More Incentives

4:50pm September 16, 2020

by Eddie Garcia

Five new film and television productions have been approved for North Carolina Film and Entertainment G

Manuel Mathieu named his 2017 painting of his grandmother Self-portrait because of the role she played in making him who he is. It was purchased by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2018.

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'How Can I Make Sure That I'm Not The Only One?' Artist Helps Museum Diversify Collection

4:09pm September 16, 2020

by Emma Jacobs

Museums are facing mounting pressure to make their collections more representative. At the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, one artist created a fund to acquire other pieces by under-represented artists.

Stanley Crouch, photographed during The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music's Beacon Awards Gala on Feb. 27, 2006 in New York.

Stanley Crouch, Towering Jazz Critic, Dead At 74

3:23pm September 16, 2020

by Ethan Iverson

Crouch's engagement with American culture spanned over five decades, numerous mediums and many dustups. His influence on the life and shape of jazz will remain unquantifiable.

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'Ratched' Gives A First Name — And A Backstory — To The Iconic 'Cuckoo's Nest' Nurse

1:51pm September 16, 2020

by David Bianculli

Violence and humor create a complicated character arc in a Netflix series that serves as a prequel, of sorts, to Ken Kesey's famed novel. Sarah Paulson gives a star turn as Mildred, AKA Nurse Ratched.

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