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New Documentary Examines How Black Girls Are Disproportionately Punished In Schools

8:14am March 14, 2020

NPR's Renee Montagne speaks to Monique Morris who produced the documentary "Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools," based on her book of the same name.

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Singer R. Kelly, appearing in court in Chicago in June 2019.

New York Federal Prosecutors File New Charges Against R. Kelly

5:02pm March 13, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

In a superseding indictment filed Friday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn levied nine charges against the R&B singer, including racketeering and sexual trafficking.

Sidney Flanigan stars as 17-year-old Autumn in Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Will Stay With You Forever

1:50pm March 13, 2020

by Justin Chang

In Eliza Hittman's pointed new movie, a teenager from small-town Pennsylvania doesn't want to tell her parents she's pregnant; instead, she travels to New York City with her cousin for an abortion.

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'The Plot Against America' Asks: What If The U.S. Had Sided With The Nazis?

1:49pm March 13, 2020

David Bianculli reviews HBO's new miniseries, which imagines that Charles Lindbergh became president in 1940. And we listen back to a 2004 with Philip Roth, who wrote the novel the series is based on.

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Damian Kulash Jr.: How Can We Reimagine The Creative Process?

11:40am March 13, 2020

by NPR/TED Staff

Imagine surrounding yourself with images and sounds, in order to set old ideas in a new context. OK Go's Damian Kulash Jr. describes the process that has inspired the band's hits and viral videos.

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John Turturro plays Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in The Plot Against America, a limited HBO series based on Philip Roth's 2004 novel. "Every one of the characters struggles with that question of: Where do you stand in an America that is transforming itself in

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In 'Plot Against America,' David Simon Finds Present Day In An Imagined Past

11:37am March 13, 2020

Simon has adapted Philip Roth's 2004 novel, about aviation legend Charles Lindbergh being elected president. "It's startling how allegorical it is to our current political moment," he says.

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The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center is one of the venues closed by the coronavirus crisis, leaving musicians and other gig workers without income.

Musicians Were Depending On Those Jazz Nights And Senior Living Gigs

6:56am March 13, 2020

by Matthew S. Schwartz

As organizations close their doors, COVID-19 cancellations are taking their toll on independent artists, who don't know where their next paycheck will come from.

A woman walks past the theater showing Hamilton on Broadway on Thursday in New York City. Audiences won't be seeing the award-winning play for at least a month.

Broadway Shutters Its Stages Amid Coronavirus Threat

6:50pm March 12, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced a statewide ban of gatherings of more than 500 people. That includes Broadway's 41 theaters.

Bloodshot (Vin Diesel) looks vexed, or surprised or possibly dyspeptic, in Bloodshot.

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In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills

5:36pm March 12, 2020

by Chris Klimek

As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.

An empty Lincoln Center will be a much more common sight over the coming weeks; all its constituent organizations have all closed temporarily due to coronavirus worries.

Performing Arts And Cultural Organizations Close Their Doors Due To Coronavirus

5:10pm March 12, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Arts and cultural events and institutions across the country are announcing cancellations and closures, including SXSW in Austin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

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