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Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump

1:45pm August 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Baldwin is nominated for an Emmy for playing the president on SNL. In 2017, he told Fresh Air that he plays the character in a exaggerated way: "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."

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'Fresh Air' Remembers Choreographer Paul Taylor

1:45pm August 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Taylor, who died Wednesday, began dancing when he was 22 and worked with some of the world's most renowned choreographers before establishing his own dance troupe. Originally broadcast in 1987.

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Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg chats with Rose Byrne at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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Rose Byrne-ing Down The House

11:55am August 31, 2018

Rose Byrne, star of the new film, Juliet, Naked tells us about shifting from dramatic roles to comedic ones. Then, she plays a game guessing the titles of Australian releases of American films.

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Wendell Pierce and John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan.

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'Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan' Gets An 'A' For Adequacy

5:00am August 31, 2018

by Linda Holmes

There's no reason to watch Amazon's new spy drama, really, but there's nothing particularly wrong with it. Rarely has a show so clearly defined competency and little else.

Paul Taylor, seen here directing the dance company that bears his name, left his major mark on the dance world as a choreographer.

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Paul Taylor, Giant Of Modern Dance, Has Died

5:44pm August 30, 2018

by Andrew Limbong

Among the most prolific and influential choreographers of 20th century movement, his movements were often inspired by everyday people doing everyday things. He died Wednesday at age 88.

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Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) models the banality of evil in the historical drama Operation Finale.

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To Catch A Nazi: 'Operation Finale' Is More A Talker Than A Thriller

5:00pm August 30, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Director Chris Weitz seems ill-at-ease with the rhythms of action scenes, but this Hollywood-zed version of history comes to life when it features Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley verbally sparring.

Lyon-Hearted: Etienne (Andranic Manet) travels from provincial Lyon to the City of Lights in A Paris Education.

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In 'A Paris Education,' A Film Student Takes Stock Of His Art, And Himself

5:00pm August 30, 2018

by Scott Tobias

A young man in Paris studies film and has a lot of sex and meandering, passionate conversations about the state of cinema in this "honest, reflective, a little pretentious" (and very French) movie.

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Comic W. Kamau Bell On The 'Shades Of America' And Not Feeling 'Black Enough'

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Bell's CNN series is nominated for three 2018 Emmy awards. He talks about his genealogy and why he likes the word "negro" in an excerpt of this 2018 interview with Terry Gross.

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CNN's Jake Tapper On Kellyanne Conway And Knowing When To Cut People Off

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

The CNN anchor is nominated for an Emmy for his live interview with Conway. He talked about that interview and the SNL spoof of him and Conway in a 2018 conversation with Terry Gross.

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'You Gotta Kind Of Like The Stress,' Says 'Late Show' Host Stephen Colbert

1:19pm August 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Colbert says hosting his Emmy-nominated late night show is like riding in a "flaming toboggan." At the end each night, he says, "You go, 'Hey! We survived!'" Originally broadcast Nov. 2, 2016.

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