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Commentary: NBC's 'Telenovela' 'Takes Ownership' Of Latino Stereotypes

2:07pm January 28, 2016

NBC's new comedy, Telenovela, parodies a Spanish-language soap opera. Commentator Cynthia Leonor Garza says it's an attempt at bringing Latin culture into the mainstream — but it could do it better.

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Llapingacho is one of Marcella Kriebel's favorite recipes from her travels. It is an Ecuadorian cheese-stuffed potato pancake. Juxtaposed is causa, a Peruvian dish of layered potato, shrimp and avocado.

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'Mi Comida Latina': A Hand-Drawn Guide To Latin Cuisines

1:39pm January 28, 2016

by Morgan McCloy

With its vibrant watercolor illustrations and delicate hand-lettered recipes, artist Marcella Kriebel's cookbook is as much an art project as a manual for making tasty meals from Latin America.

Pop star and entertainer Michael Jackson performs a concert at the historic Berlin Reichstag on June 19, 1988. He died in 2009.

Let Twitter Be Your Guide Through This Michael Jackson Casting Mess

12:52pm January 28, 2016

by Leah Donnella

When the news leaves you speechless, let Twitter take the wheel.

National Park Service Launches Search For Next Ansel Adams

8:15pm January 27, 2016

by Kainaz Amaria

The National Park Service is hiring a full-time photographer to document the country's natural landscapes. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Rich O'Connor of the National Park Service photography program about the position, which some are comparing to the job held by Ansel Adams in the 1940s.

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'Rabin, The Last Day' Examines Probe Into Killing Of Israeli Prime Minister

7:18pm January 27, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to director Amos Gitai about his new film, Rabin, the Last Day, which merges news footage and dramatized scenes of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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Actor George Takei on Ask Me Another at The Bell House

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Some Directions With George Takei

4:43pm January 27, 2016

VIP George Takei has such a smooth, deep voice, anything he says goes down like a fine whiskey.

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Creature Feature

4:34pm January 27, 2016

In this adorable rhyming game, each answer is two words: an animal, and a word that rhymes with that animal.

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This, That Or The Other

4:34pm January 27, 2016

Is Holiday in the Sun an Agatha Christie novel or a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie? Those are the categories in this installment of "This, That or the Other."

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Teenage Theme

4:34pm January 27, 2016

In a tribute to the Katy Perry song, we ask contestants to channel their inner teen and guess the less romantic teenage things we're singing about.

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Oh Myyy (With George Takei)

4:34pm January 27, 2016

Every answer begins with his signature saying "Oh Myyy" and is mashed up with something that starts with the "my" sound.

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