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Thirteen years after her sidekick role in the animated undersea adventure Finding Nemo, Ellen DeGeneres returns to put her forgetful fish into the lead role in Finding Dory.

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'Just Keep Swimming': A Lesson In Fortitude From Dory And DeGeneres

7:55am June 17, 2016

by NPR Staff

Thirteen years after her sidekick role in the animated undersea adventure Finding Nemo, Ellen DeGeneres returns to put her forgetful fish into the lead role in Finding Dory.

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O.J. Simpson at the Buffalo Bills' Rich Stadium press conference circa 1975.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'O.J.: Made In America' And A Quiz

7:00am June 17, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

For the show's 300th episode, we look at a stunning new seven-and-a-half-hour documentary, take a TV-themed quiz and discuss What's Making Us Happy this week.

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For decades, Nitza Villapol hosted Cocina al Minuto, a popular cooking show in Cuba. In the decades after Fidel Castro took power, she adapted her cooking, teaching Cubans how to make do without certain ingredients while instructing them in how to use onc

Nitza Villapol: The Woman Who Taught Cubans To Cook With Just About Anything

8:06pm June 16, 2016

by Suzanne Cope

For over 40 years, Villapol hosted a popular cooking show in Cuba, her recipes shifting to reflect the realities of life under the revolution. No meat? No problem — she fried plantain peels instead.

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In 'The Girls,' A Teen's Need To Be Noticed Draws Her Into A Manson-Like Cult

7:14pm June 16, 2016

by Lynn Neary

Emma Cline's debut novel was inspired by the infamous Manson family murders. But Cline says it wasn't the cult that fascinated her — it was the young girls who were so taken by it.

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E3 Conference Showcases New Kind Of Video Game Celebrity

7:13pm June 16, 2016

by Laura Sydell

Millions of video game fans have created a new kind of celebrity — gamers who play live while others watch online. NPR looks at the biggest video game trade conference, known as E3, through the eyes of two of these celebrities.

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Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star in the new action comedy Central Intelligence.

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'Central Intelligence' Places Kevin Hart Between The Rock And A Hard Place

5:33pm June 16, 2016

by Chris Klimek

At their high-school reunion, Dwayne Johnson's buffoonish super-spy draws his old hero, staid accountant Kevin Hart, into helping him thwart a possible terrorist plot.

Jason and Lucie Amundsen on their farm in in Wrenshall, Minn.

'Locally Laid': A Humorous Memoir To Cure You Of Farming Fantasies

5:09pm June 16, 2016

by Nina Martyris

When Jason Amundsen told his wife he was quitting his job to raise pasture-raised eggs, she was less than amused. Readers, however, will chuckle at the story of their tragicomic path to success.

Hank (Ed O'Neill) and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) in Finding Dory.

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'Finding Dory' But Losing The Thread

5:00pm June 16, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

The sequel to Pixar's beloved 2003 fish tale retains that movie's charms, but taking its main character out of the ocean makes for a thinner and less textured story.

El Ballet de Koki y Parajin Saavedra as performed in Carlos Saura's documentary Argentina.

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Saura's 'Argentina': A Passionately Political Dance Documentary

5:00pm June 16, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Director Carlos Saura takes the viewer through a single, stunning performance of Argentinian dance in which political themes emerge from the continuous flow of music, motion and mood.

Chris Strompolos, Eric Zala and Jayson Lamb pose with their broken-down prop truck they used in their shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Fanboys Attempt to Recapture Youthful Home-Movie Magic in 'Raiders!'

5:00pm June 16, 2016

by Scott Tobias

As boys, Chris and Eric made an ingenious shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark that earned cult status. A new documentary reunites them to film the one shot they never managed to get.