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TV Networks Bring Back Game Shows 'Battle Of The Network Stars,' 'The Gong Show'

4:27pm July 21, 2017

Several game shows from the '70s and '80s have been revamped for summer TV, including Battle of the Network Stars, The Gong Show and Match Game. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast talks about whether these shows are diversionary fluff or filling a summertime need.

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15-Year-Old CEO Of Mo's Bows Enters Licensing Deal With NBA

4:27pm July 21, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Moziah Bridges, the 15-year-old CEO of Mo's Bows, who just entered a licensing deal with the NBA. Bridges started his bow tie company with his mom when he was 9.

Salvador Dalí's Remains Exhumed, Revealing A Perfectly Arranged Mustache

3:47pm July 21, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

When the late Spanish painter was exhumed for a paternity suit, experts discovered his distinctive mustache had kept its shape. "Checking it was a very exciting moment," says the head of his estate.

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'Awkward' And 'Insecure' Get To The Root Of Writer Issa Rae's Humor

2:12pm July 21, 2017

As a self-described "awkward black girl," Rae says she often felt that she was straddling two worlds growing up. She created and stars in the HBO series Insecure. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2016.

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A vintage postcard from the Peach Tree State. Georgia isn't the biggest producer of the pink-orange fruit. So why are its peaches so iconic? The answer has a lot to do with slavery — its end and a need for the South to rebrand itself.

The Un-Pretty History Of Georgia's Iconic Peach

8:00am July 21, 2017

by Tove Danovich

The state isn't the biggest producer of the pink-orange fruit. So why are Georgia peaches so iconic? The answer has a lot to do with slavery — its end and a need for the South to rebrand itself.

Dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet perform "Emeralds," the first movement of George Balanchine's Jewels, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. (Jewels, choreography by George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust)

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3 Top Ballet Companies Convene For The Golden Anniversary Of 'Jewels'

5:45pm July 20, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

George Balanchine's modernist masterpiece was the first full-length, nonnarrative ballet. Russian, American and French ballet dancers have gathered to perform it together in New York City.

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In the 28th century, Agents Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) maintain order in the human territories.

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Besson's Dazzling But Dull 'Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets'

5:00pm July 20, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

French writer-director Luc Besson mounts a hugely imaginative sci-fi spectacle, but builds it around papier-thin characters and dialogue.

Tommy (Fionn Whitehead), a British soldier desperate to escape the beaches of Dunkirk, is safe — for now.

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Wartime Terror And Valor Thread Together In Nolan's Gripping 'Dunkirk'

5:00pm July 20, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Christopher Nolan's taut, suspenseful film tells three interwoven stories of a massive troop evacuation during World War II.

Sisterhood on parade (L to R): Sasha (Queen Latifah), Ryan (Regina Hall), Lisa (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Dina (Tiffany Haddish) step out in Girls Night.

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Filthy, Freewheeling 'Girls Trip' Features The Summer's Breakout Performance

5:00pm July 20, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Meanwhile, Back at the Raunch: This tale of four women letting loose in the Big Easy hits familiar beats, but Tiffany Haddish's "incandescently filthy" turn as Dina proves a revelation.

Alejandra (Ruth Ramos) visits a certain cabin in the woods in The Untamed.

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'The Untamed': A Tale of Sexual Repression And Violence With Sci-Fi Trappings

5:00pm July 20, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Don't focus on the space-squid: In Mexican director Amat Escalante's harrowing film, it's only a device to expose and explore the rifts in his characters' relationships.