Celebrating movie icons: Eli Wallach
Wallach, who died in 2014, learned to ride horses as a young man. He later made a career playing villains in Westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Originally broadcast in 1990.
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Celebrating movie icons: Clint Eastwood
Eastwood's breakout role came in the 1964 Western A Fistful of Dollars. In 1997 he talked about his signature squint: "[There's a] bunch of lights ... and it's 90 degrees and it's hard not to squint."
This week's quiz is very demure, very _______. Can you fill in the blank?
This week, we have two middle-aged men who are not Tim Walz and JD Vance sniping at each other. Plus: drugs, Tolkien, sports and novelty beverages! Have fun.
The world’s oldest film festival is underway in Italy
The world’s oldest film festival is underway in Italy -- it's the Venice International Film Festival. We learn more about this year’s most talked about entries.
On the Beltway, a DC Jazz Festival playlist curated by artist-in-residence Corcoran Holt
Corcoran Holt's On the Beltway, a DC Jazz Festival playlist
The fiction books we are excited about coming out this fall
Fall is a huge season for books, leading up to the holidays. We take a look at some of the most anticipated fiction titles coming out in the next few months.
E-books are expensive for libraries. Some states are trying to change that
For years, libraries have complained about how expensive it is for them to license eBooks. Now, several states are considering legislation to bring the cost down.
Gucci Mane and DJ Drama, back in the trunk
Over a decade after their classic run upended digital culture, the rapper and mixtape mogul reunite to show listeners why it mattered — and what a younger generation of trap artists has learned.
'Fresh Air' marks the centennial of the 'Queen of Blues' Dinah Washington
Washington, who died in 1963, was born in Alabama and got her start singing in church. Throughout her relatively short, two-decade career, she boasted — and proved — that she could sing anything.
Celebrating movie icons: Isabella Rossellini
Rossellini talked about being the daughter of movie icons Ingrid Bergman and director Roberto Rossellini and about playing playing an abused woman in Blue Velvet.