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Hugh Jackman and mutton chops in X-Men: The Last Stand

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Wolverine's Mutton Chops To Hugh Jackman: 'This Ain't Over, Bub'

4:28pm August 23, 2016

by Glen Weldon

The Fire Still (Side)Burns: Jackman recently took to social media to shave off the distinctive facial hair he sported for the role of Wolverine. Those mutton chops are not handling the breakup well.

Richland Single Estate Old Georgia Rum is made from cane grown, cut, distilled and rested on the premises of a 100-acre plantation in Richland, Ga. International awards and gold medals have poured in for this field-to-glass rum.

Craft Distillers Tap Pure Sugar Cane For A Southern Rum Renaissance

6:08pm August 22, 2016

by Jill Neimark

The South was once a hub for sugar plantations. Now, small rum-makers are turning away from molasses, culling fresh sugar cane itself to create smooth liquors with grassy, woody or floral flavors.

Milton's Satan may have been kicked out of Heaven, but he had it made in Hell.

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Better To Reign In Hell: Literature's Unpunished Villains

4:23pm August 22, 2016

by Petra Mayer

Snidely Whiplash may have been famous for yelling "Curses, foiled again!" But sometimes the bad guys win — from Milton's Satan to X-men foe Magneto, we're taking a look at the ones who get away.

Spectators dance as fireworks light up the sky during the closing ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Sunday.

Rio Dances: Closing Ceremony For The 2016 Summer Olympics

10:52pm August 21, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Rio 2016 organizers are dropping the curtain on the Summer Games on Sunday, after hosting the world's elite athletes who've competed for 306 medals over the past 19 days.

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With 'Hell Or High Water,' Jeff Bridges Returns To The American West

5:48pm August 21, 2016

The actor discusses his new film, a return to a genre Bridges knows quite well: the Western. He talks with host Farai Chideya.

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Wisdom From YA Authors On Leaving Home: Cynthia Kadohata

10:36am August 21, 2016

Kadohata is the Newbery Medal-winning author of the YA novel "Kira-Kira." For our "Next Chapter" series, she talks about an eye-opening bus trip she took across the U.S. right before she left home.

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Interview With Jonah Hill And Todd Phillips On New Film 'War Dogs'

10:07am August 21, 2016

Jonah Hill and Todd Phillips talk with Rachel Martin about their "War Dogs," which tells the mostly-true story of two pot-smoking 20-year-olds who win a $300 million U.S. government weapons contract.

'Carry On' Tells The Story Of Unlikely Bond Between 2 Athletes That Changed 3 Lives

10:07am August 21, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Lisa Fenn, the author of "Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family," and the two athletes Fenn profiled, Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton.

Originally from Limbe, Cameroon, Imbolo Mbue moved to the U.S. to go to college. She began writing Behold the Dreamers after she lost her job in the financial crisis.

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Debut Novel Takes On The American Dream ... Racism, Recession And All

9:07am August 21, 2016

by NPR Staff

Like the protagonists in her novel, Imbolo Mbue came to the U.S. from Cameroon. She says the recession "laid bare a lot about the way in which the American dream is not that accessible to everybody."

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Hugo Nominee Nnedi Okorafor: 'I Love Stories — And So I Write Them'

10:58pm August 20, 2016

Host Farai Chideya speaks with science-fiction writer and Hugo Award nominee Nnedi Okorafor about diversity in the genre.

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