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Classic Sci-Fi Comic 'Eternaut' Fights The Power

9:28am December 02, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

What should science fiction look like? That's a question that absorbed the creators of The Eternaut, an iconic comic about an alien invasion, first serialized in a Buenos Aires newspaper in the 1950s.

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Boston Museum Exhibit Celebrates Legacy Of Black Mountain College

7:22pm December 01, 2015

by Andrea Shea

Black Mountain College was only open for 24 years, but it helped foment the work of several artists, musicians, dancers and filmmakers, including John Cage, Merce Cunningham and Cy Twombly. Now it's the subject of the first major museum retrospective at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art.

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Japanese Illustrator Shigeru Mizuki Dies At 93

7:05pm December 01, 2015

One of Japan's most beloved illustrators has died. Shigeru Mizuki always loved to draw, but it wasn't until he was in his 40s that he began to publish his most important work.

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Davia Nelson (left) and Nikki Silva (aka The Kitchen Sisters) are the producers of the Fugitive Waves podcast. You can hear an episode and find more recommended podcasts at earbud.fm.

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Looking For A Podcast? Try 'Fugitive Waves'

5:20pm December 01, 2015

Jenna Weiss-Berman, director of audio at Buzzfeed, says this podcast, produced by Kitchen Sisters Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, offers a gorgeous and complete soundscape.

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Yao Chen, Annie Leibovitz, Tavi Gevinson, Agnes Gund, and Marco Tronchetti Provera attended the launch of the 2016 Pirelli Calendar by Annie Leibovitz at Grosvenor House in London Monday.

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Heroic Women In Strong Poses: Serena Williams, Amy Schumer In Pirelli Calendar

4:25pm December 01, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Beautiful, gross, strong, thin, fat, pretty, ugly, sexy, disgusting, flawless, woman." — that's how comedian Amy Schumer sums up this year's Pirelli calendar.

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Meet The Artist: Zenaida Romeu Of The All-Female String Orchestra Camerata Romeu

3:31pm December 01, 2015

by David Ford and Quique Rodriguez-Pastor

Camerata Romeu is an all-female string orchestra from Cuba that has earned praise and renown worldwide.

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'Hollywood Reporter' To End Annual Index Of Powerful Women In Entertainment

2:21pm December 01, 2015

Janice Min, president of The Hollywood Reporter, tells Steve Inskeep why the magazine will stop publishing its "Women in Entertainment Power 100" list as a ranking.

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'Hitchcock/Truffaut' Unspools The Artistry Of The Master Of Suspense

2:14pm December 01, 2015

Director Kent Jones discusses his new documentary, which was inspired by a 1962 series of in-depth interviews between French filmmaker François Truffaut and the legendary director Alfred Hitchcock.

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Actress Niecy Nash Is 'Getting On' Just Fine

2:13pm December 01, 2015

Perhaps best known for her work on Reno 911, Nash talks to Fresh Air contributor Anna Sale about playing a nurse on HBO's Getting On, a series about an extended care facility for elderly women.

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Historian Mary Beard says real gladiator competitions were probably not as brutal as the film Gladiator (starring Russell Crowe) would have us believe. Still, she says, "I loved Gladiator and I thought its depiction of gladiatorial combat, although it was

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From Gladiator Duels To Caesar's Last Words: The Myths Of Ancient Rome

9:15am December 01, 2015

Historian Mary Beard says many of our popular notions about the empire are based on culture — like the play Julius Caesar or the film Gladiator — rather than fact. Her new book is called SPQR.

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