Arts

Chloë Grace Moretz as Frances in the new horror film Greta.

Arts

Chloë Grace Moretz Wants To 'Fear The Next Step'

8:16am February 23, 2019

by Scott Simon

Chloë Grace Moretz has been in the movies since she was a kid — her latest, Greta, is a horror-thriller in which she plays an earnest young woman whose new friendship turns terrifyingly toxic.

Books
Arts

Chronin's Elegant, Minimalist Samurai Adventure Is – Literally – Timeless

7:00am February 23, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Alison Wilgus' graphic novel imagines a time-traveling history student from 2042 New York who finds herself trapped in Japan in 1864, masquerading as a male warrior as she tries to find a way home.

R&B singer R. Kelly was indicted on 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse on Feb. 22. In this photo, he performs in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 9, 2006.

R. Kelly Under Arrest On 10 Charges Of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse In Illinois

11:23pm February 22, 2019

The R&B star singer has been dogged for decades by allegations that he has sexually abused underage girls and women. Kelly now faces 10 counts of abuse.

Queue Listen Now

The Wandering Earth has rocketed to second place on China's all-time box office list. A poster for the film is seen in the Chinese city of Yichang earlier this month.

Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth'

3:56pm February 22, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The film's release has been a major event in China. Will overseas audiences by charmed its big-budget special effects, too?

Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman star in The Favourite, one of the films up for best picture at this year's Academy Awards.

Arts

Your Oscars-Watching Guide For 2019

2:14pm February 22, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Sunday is Academy Awards night again. Here's how to find the ceremony, where to find our coverage and how to brush up before your friends start asking who should win.

Empire actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail in Chicago Thursday after posting bond. On Friday, the show's producers announced that they would be removing his character from the final episodes of this season.

Jussie Smollett's Character Removed From Final Episodes Of 'Empire' Season

1:40pm February 22, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The actor was arrested Thursday for filing a false police report. Now, it appears the role that made him famous may be in doubt. Empire producers said they chose to "avoid further disruption on set."

Arts

'You Better Own This': How Rami Malek Came To Embody Freddie Mercury

1:38pm February 22, 2019

by Terry Gross

"No one can sing like Freddie Mercury," Malek told Fresh Air in November 2018. The actor has been nominated for an Academy Award for playing Queen's lead singer in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Queue Listen Now

Production designer Hannah Beachler was responsible for devising the look of Black Panther, from the waterfall amphitheaters of Wakanda to its high-tech laboratories and aircraft.

Arts

She Designed Wakanda — And Might Win An Oscar For It

6:47am February 22, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for production design. Her work creating the cinematic world of Black Panther earned her the nod.

Queue Listen Now

Arts

Encore: How Living In A Library Gave One Man 'The Thirst Of Learning'

5:18am February 22, 2019

Ronald Clark's father was a live-in custodian at a New York City library. We revisit Clark's StoryCorps conversation with his daughter about how living in a library shaped the man he would become.

The Monkees (from left: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork) pose in front of a London telephone booth in 1997.

Peter Tork Of The Monkees Dies At 77

9:05pm February 21, 2019

An adept musician in a pop band dismissed as made for TV, Tork became famous with the Monkees in the 1960s. Their reunion tours lasted well into the 2000s.