Arts

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Comic Hasan Minhaj On Roasting Trump And Growing Up A 'Third Culture Kid'

2:26pm November 02, 2018

by Terry Gross

"I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian or am I more American?" Minhaj asks. His weekly political comedy series on Neflix is called Patriot Act. Originally broadcast May 18, 2017.

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Mystery Thriller 'Homecoming' Delivers A Healthy Dose Of Suspicion And Paranoia

2:26pm November 02, 2018

by David Bianculli

Amazon Prime Video's new drama series stars Julia Roberts as a therapist who's working with a soldier returning from Afghanistan. Critic David Bianculli binged all 10 engrossing episodes.

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Ronny Chieng appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Arts

Ronny Chieng: 'This Is For The Rich People'

12:08pm November 02, 2018

Comedian Ronny Chieng talks about his role in Crazy Rich Asians and the differences between American and Australian comedy. Then, he plays a game about Nintendo games.

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Michael C. Hall appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Arts

Michael C. Hall: Based On Nothing

12:05pm November 02, 2018

Actor Michael C. Hall talks about his roles on Six Feet Under and Dexter, and his return to the stage. Then, he plays a game inspired by odd jobs he held before becoming an actor.

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Sports

Ex-Panthers Owner Gives $5 Million To African American Museum

10:35am November 02, 2018

by Associated Press

The former owner of the Carolina Panthers is giving The International African American Museum in South Carolina $5 million.

Julia Roberts plays a caseworker at a mysterious government facility treating veterans with PTSD in Amazon's Homecoming.

Arts

All Is Not As It Seems As Julia Roberts Leads A 'Homecoming'

5:01am November 02, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Julia Roberts headlines Amazon's thriller about a mysterious government program offering treatment to veterans. Sam Esmail, fresh off creating Mr. Robot, brings a thoughtful visual style.

Sir Michael Caine attends the European Film Award ceremony in Berlin in 2015, when he won the best actor prize for his work on the movie Youth.

Books
Arts

Actor Michael Caine, 85, On His Long Career: 'The Alternative Was A Factory'

6:44pm November 01, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

From the title heartthrob in Alfie to the fatherly butler of a Batman franchise, the actor has been filling movie screens for a half-century. His new memoir is Blowing The Bloody Doors Off.

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Rosamund Pike plays war correspondent Marie Colvin in A Private War.

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'A Private War': Combat Takes Its Merciless Toll On A Tireless War Correspondent

5:01pm November 01, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

To play the Sunday Times war reporter Marie Colvin, Rosamund Pike "transform[s] herself into a singular figure, one who goes places few people would and see[s] things that even fewer could handle."

Adam (Calum Worthy) and his rap battle mentor Behn Grymm (Jackie Long) in Bodied.

Arts

Once More Unto The Beat: A Grad Student Enters The World Of Rap Battles In 'Bodied'

5:00pm November 01, 2018

by Scott Tobias

"It's juvenile. It's irritating. Yet it's also fiendishly clever in the way it anticipates and dismantles every argument that could be made against it," says critic Scott Tobias.

Xavier (Theodore Pellerin) and Jared (Lucas Hedges) share a fleeting moment of intimacy in the gay-conversion-therapy drama Boy Erased.

Arts

Strong Performances Make 'Boy Erased' Indelible

5:00pm November 01, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Actor Joel Edgerton adapts for the screen a 2016 memoir about a teenager undergoing "gay conversion therapy;" he also directs and stars in this "intelligent message movie."