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The VMFA Hopper Hotel Room from the exhibition Edward Hopper and the American Hotel.

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1 Night In An Edward Hopper Hotel Room? It's Less Lonely Than You Might Think

12:39pm January 02, 2020

by Susan Stamberg

It isn't hard to imagine yourself inside a Hopper painting (say, having a coffee at a late-night diner) and now, for $150 a night, you can sleep in a re-creation of his 1957 work, Western Motel.

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Encore: There Was 'No Chance Of Me Going Into The Arts,' Says Comedian Gina Yashere

5:59pm January 01, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

When a teacher suggested Gina Yashere become an actor, her mom said: "Actor? No, no, no. You can act like a doctor when you become a doctor." Yashere is now a co-creator of Bob Hearts Abishola.

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Moni Yakim teaches a movement class at Juilliard in May 2019.

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Moni Yakim Knows How To Move You

6:17pm December 31, 2019

by Alexandra Starr

The movement coach has taught at Juilliard for 50 years. Stars of stage and screen credit him with helping them create physically demanding roles by manipulating their bodies.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge breaking the fourth wall in Fleabag is among the great things of this year.

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50 Wonderful Things From 2019

5:43pm December 31, 2019

by Linda Holmes

From J.Lo to Keanu, baseball GIFs to Phoebe Waller-Bridge's masterpiece, here are 50 great cultural moments — from TV, movies, theater, books, podcasts and more — from the year that was.

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Hobbies To Consider For The New Year: Linoleum Block Print Cutting

5:21pm December 31, 2019

As 2020 approaches, consider taking up a new hobby! Layne Scherer of Washington, D.C., shares her passion for linoleum block print cutting.

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Unprecedented: The Right To Offend (Rebroadcast)

4:42pm December 31, 2019

Which publication gave us our "right to lampoon"? Hustler Magazine.

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Bloody, Fast-Paced 'Lost Hills' Is A Superb Start For A New Series

2:00pm December 31, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Veteran mystery author Lee Goldberg introduces a compelling new character in Lost Hills: Eve Ronin, rookie detective and unwilling media darling after her arrest of a famous actor went viral.

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Howard Stern

1:32pm December 31, 2019

by Terry Gross

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2019, Stern told Terry Gross he was no longer the raunchy shock jock he'd been earlier in his career.

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'Fresh Air' Favorites: Joan Rivers

1:32pm December 31, 2019

by Terry Gross

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. Rivers, who died in 2014, spoke to Terry Gross in 2010 about the sacrifices she made as a female comedian.

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Muguntuul Oyutan, 11, walks to school with her sister and friends in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Mongolia is the world's most sparsely populated nation, and an increasing proportion of its citizens reside in the capital.

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Favorite Videos And Interactives Of 2019

11:19am December 31, 2019

by Emily Bogle

This year, NPR's interactives and videos focused on everything from teens' relationships with guns to rapid migration in Mongolia. For some joy, Big Bird and friends performed at the Tiny Desk.