'Top Gear' Returns With New Hosts On BBC America
The massively popular BBC show, Top Gear, relaunches Monday on BBC America. Following the painfully public downfall of its former host, the new hosts have big gears to grind.
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In 'Unlocking The Cage,' A Man Fights To Achieve Legal Rights For Animals
Unlocking the Cage is the latest from filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. Pennebaker made his name with the Bob Dylan documentary, Don't Look Back, and Monterey Pop. For some 40 years, he and Hegedus, his wife, have collaborated on award-winning films such as The War Room, about Bill Clinton's presidential campaign.
From Sequels To Reboots, Familiar Faces Return To The Multiplex This Summer
NPR's Bob Mondello has a selective preview of summer movies from superhero blockbusters to music documentaries and everything in between.
A Modern 'Roots' For An American Society Still 'Based On The Color Line'
The remake of the seminal TV miniseries begins on the History channel Monday night. Co-producer LeVar Burton says he recognized an opportunity to retell the story "to and for a new generation."
Parenting Pitfalls: Renegades, Privilege And Putting On The Boxing Gloves
Heather Shumaker and Stephanie Land are two parenting writers with different ideas about how class and conventional wisdom shape the modern view of parenting.
'Rolling The R's' Is A Story About Coming Of Age And Coming Out
Rolling the R's tells the stories of restless teenagers in the disco era in a gritty neighborhood in Hawaii. Author R. Zamora Linmark discusses the book's impact, 20 years after it first came out.
From Broadway To TV, An Actress' Death Takes Us Down Cultural Rabbit Hole
Beth Howland died in December at age 74. One of her best known roles, was as the original Amy in Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Looking into her past can lead you down a pop culture spiral.
Adventurer Says 'Walking The Himalayas' Wasn't About 'Sticking Flags In Peaks'
Levison Wood, who previously walked the length of the Nile River, has now trekked 1,700 miles, from Afghanistan to Bhutan, along the Himalayan mountain range.
'Sweetbitter' Is A Savory Saga Of Restaurant Life And Love
Oysters, cocaine, fine wine, love triangles: Stephanie Danler's debut novel Sweetbitter follows a year in the life of a young woman working at a top-tier Manhattan restaurant.
Lonely 'Hope' Appears, But Is Quickly Forgotten
Claire North's moving new novel The Sudden Appearance of Hope centers on a young woman who cannot be remembered; only animals or people with brain damage can recall their interactions with her.