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Brooding? Just a bit. Rufus Sewell stars as American Nazi leader John Smith in The Man in the High Castle.

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Cast As Brooding Leads, Rufus Sewell Says His Real Talent Is Comedy

8:11am January 28, 2017

by NPR Staff

Rufus Sewell is seemingly everywhere these days — on stage and on the small screen, including Amazon's alternate-history series The Man in the High Castle, in which he plays an American Nazi leader.

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Looping, Twisting 'Number 11' May Be The Perfect Book For Our Time

7:00am January 28, 2017

by Jason Sheehan

Jonathan Coe's new novel is a black-hearted satire about the crumbling of modern Britain, and the point at which childhood gives way to a cold assessment of the world as it is, not as we dream it.

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The Hollywood Black List Turns Overlooked Scripts Into Oscar Movies

6:22pm January 27, 2017

The Black List is an anonymous survey of the year's best film scripts. It's generally an indicator of movies that will be critical successes. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to journalist Alex Wagner about her piece in The Atlantic on the Black List.

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People walk past a mural of comedian Bill Cosby on the side of Ben's Chili Bowl restaurant in Washington, D.C., Dec. 31, 2015.

You Can Vote On Whose Face Goes On This Famous Mural Next

4:49pm January 27, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Ben's Chili Bowl, the D.C. restaurant famous for its half-smokes and civil rights ties, is preparing to replace its landmark mural to help "heal the country." And you get a say.

U.S. Wins Bocuse D'Or Cooking Competition For The First Time

4:36pm January 27, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Mathew Peters, the head chef for the U.S. team for the prestigious Bocuse d'Or competition. They were the first Americans to win the competition in the 30-year history of the contest.

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'Commercials for Nicer Living Project' Winners Announced

4:36pm January 27, 2017

by Susan Stamberg

All Things Considered announces the winners in the revived listener contest called "Commercials for Nicer Living Project." It's a reprise of an early item on this program, in which we asked listeners to tell us some of the things that make life just a little bit better — things that money can't buy. We chose our favorites and produced them as radio commercials.

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Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, The Smart, Comic Actress Who Inspired A Generation

2:56pm January 27, 2017

Moore, who died Wed. at the age of 80, played a single professional woman on the 1970s show named after her, and became beloved for her role on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Originally broadcast in 1995.

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