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A sex worker marries the son of a Russian oligarch in the comically chaotic 'Anora'

8:27am October 18, 2024

Anora is easily one of Sean Baker’s funniest works — and also one of the saddest. The film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, and the director says it's dedicated to sex workers "past, present and future."

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Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical is based on a cult movie — and is for your ears only

5:30am October 18, 2024

A new concept album from the creator of Hamilton sets a cult classic film to a starry hiphop, rock and Broadway soundtrack.

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Vegan cheese doesn't melt like the real deal. That could soon change

5:21am October 18, 2024

by Barry Gordemer

An Israeli company may have taken a huge step forward in the quest for a vegan cheese with the taste and texture of the real thing.

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Audrey Nuna: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am October 18, 2024

The artist’s setlist perfectly encapsulates how much musical ground she’s able to cover.

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Sterlin Harjo says 'Reservation Dogs' gives audiences permission to laugh

5:00am October 18, 2024

Harjo was recently named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. His TV show Reservation Dogs focused on group of teenagers living on a Native reservation in rural Oklahoma. Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2022.

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Tom Petty to 'Fresh Air': 'The songs mean a lot to people, and it means a lot to me'

5:00am October 18, 2024

Petty's classic album is being rereleased as Long After Dark Deluxe, including seven previously unreleased songs. Petty, who died in 2017, spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his influences.

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One leg at a time: Chinese textile company makes the world's largest pair of jeans

5:31pm October 17, 2024

by Kai McNamee

A textile company in Southern China has reset the Guinness World Record for the largest pair of jeans. The pants are over 250 feet long.

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Palme d’Or winner ‘Anora’ is a strip club Cinderella story

5:12pm October 17, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning comedy Anora is a Cinderella story of sorts, with a standout performance by Mikey Madison as the title character.

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Mitzi Gaynor, star of the big-screen musical ‘South Pacific,’ dies at 93

2:19pm October 17, 2024

Mitzi Gaynor, the effervescent dancer and actor, starred as Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film of "South Pacific" and appeared in other musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.

A housemaid is suspected of killing a child in 'Clean,' a novel about class and power

12:53pm October 17, 2024

Chilean author Alia Trabucco Zerán has written an intense novel about the kind of deep down rot that lingers, despite the most vigorous scrubbing.

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