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A Workplace Potluck Filled With Filipino Food And Memories

8:00am May 04, 2018

by Malaka Gharib

After a homesick intern inspired a group of Filipino-American coworkers to start a weekly lunch club, they all began to realize how much they missed — and needed — a taste of their shared heritage.

Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez star in Overboard, a remake of the 1987 film with the same name.

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'Overboard': A Gender-Flipped Remake Stays Afloat

7:00pm May 03, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Critic Scott Tobias says the updated Anna Faris/Eugenio Derbez take on the 1987 comedy is "not a particularly funny film, but it's big-hearted and sincere, with fine chemistry between the two leads."

Arizona Sen. John McCain attends the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

Sen. John McCain Reads From His Forthcoming Memoir, 'The Restless Wave'

6:21pm May 03, 2018

Arizona Sen. John McCain reads from his memoir, The Restless Wave, exclusively at NPR. The book is set to hit shelves on May 22.

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Dancers from The American Ballet Theatre perform Robbins' ballet Fancy Free in 1946.

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'Jerome Robbins 100' Is A Centennial Celebration Of Timeless Choreography

5:26pm May 03, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

Robbins directed and choreographed many of Broadway's biggest hit musicals, including West Side Story. Now, New York City Ballet, the company he helped co-found, is throwing a festival in his honor.

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In Dave Eggers' New Book, Heroic Kids Do The Heavy Lifting

5:26pm May 03, 2018

by Audie Cornish

The Lifters takes some of today's grown-up economic concerns and folds them into a supernatural story for kids. Kids are "heroes in waiting," Eggers says; they just need a chance to prove it.

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A night nanny (Mackenzie Davis) and a harried mother (Charlize Theron) develop an unusual relationship in Tully.

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In 'Tully,' Charlize Theron And Mackenzie Davis Make A Great (Au) Pair

5:00pm May 03, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Director Jason Reitman re-teams with Juno scripter Diablo Cody for a film about an overburdened mother and her nanny that's "a little bit funny, a bigger bit cruel, and with it all, oddly moving."

Mary Ann Shilts takes one of the free comic books from the display rack at the New Dimensions Comics store in Cranberry, Pa. during Free Comic Book Day 2012.

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Free Comic Book Day 2018: A Guide To The Best Bets And The Best Avoided

3:44pm May 03, 2018

by Glen Weldon

For the 10th year in a row, NPR's Glen Weldon reviews the 52 free comic books you'll be able to pick up in comics shops across the nation on Saturday, May 5th.

Arizona Sen. John McCain speaks at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Exclusive Audio: In New Memoir, Sen. John McCain Rests His Case

3:41pm May 03, 2018

by Ron Elving

Throughout his life, McCain has been stubbornly individual, at times cantankerous and even exasperating to friend and foe alike, relishing his political persona as "The Maverick."

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In 'My Ex-Life,' A Snappy, Enjoyable Look At Love's Many Splendors

7:00am May 03, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Stephen McCauley's new novel is a charming comedy of manners about second chances and fresh starts, full of zingers about eternal targets like divorce settlements and college admissions.

After years of claiming she was black, Rachel Dolezal was outed as white in 2015. The Netflix documentary The Rachel Divide explores the fallout for Dolezal and her family.

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'Rachel Divide' Director Says Dolezal 'Has Remained Resolute'

5:14pm May 02, 2018

by Audie Cornish

In 2015, Rachel Dolezal became a walking Rorschach test for America's racial dysfunction. A new Netflix documentary explores what happened to Dolezal after the initial furor died down.

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