Arts

The Big Question Behind 'Stonewall' Backlash: Who Threw The First Brick?

2:17pm September 25, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

In reality, no one knows who threw the brick that started the riots; but in a new film, it's a white teenager from Indiana. One activist says that "whitewashes" the history of Stonewall.

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Move Over, Dora: 'Nina's World' Brings Another Bilingual Girl To TV

2:16pm September 25, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

Cable channel Sprout celebrates its 10th anniversary with the launch of its first fully owned, original animated show, "Nina's World." Starring Rita Moreno and Mandy Patinkin, it's about a 6-year-old Latina girl and the multicultural neighborhood she grows up in.

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Move Over, Dora: 'Nina's World' Brings Another Bilingual Girl To TV

2:16pm September 25, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

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For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'

1:33pm September 25, 2015

The mezzo-soprano discovered opera as a 22-year-old pre-med student. She took "a crack at a singing career" and has been at the Metropolitan Opera for 25 years. Originally broadcast March 14, 2014.

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'99 Homes', A Morality Play Built On Foreclosures And Evictions

1:33pm September 25, 2015

by David Edelstein

In Ramin Bahrani's new film, a man forces others out of their homes in an effort to save his own. Critic David Edelstein says 99 Homes shines a spotlight on a "poisonous financial ecosystem."

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Movie Review: 'The Black Panthers' Documentary

12:10pm September 25, 2015

Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with Renee Montagne about The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Stanley Nelson's new documentary about the party's rise in the 1960s.

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Linda and Glen look forward to watching Supergirl, the new CBS series starring Melissa Benoist.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Toronto International Film Festival And Our Fall TV Pool

10:53am September 25, 2015

by Linda Holmes

This week, a big fall movie update from Toronto, plus our annual futile effort to predict the future of fall shows.

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Linda and Glen look forward to watching <em>Supergirl</em>, the new CBS series starring Melissa Benoist.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: The Toronto International Film Festival And Our Fall TV Pool

10:53am September 25, 2015

by Linda Holmes

This week, a big fall movie update from Toronto, plus our annual futile effort to predict the future of fall shows.

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Sting talks about setting aside ego to foster creativity.

How Do You Get Over Writer's Block?

9:27am September 25, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

After a nasty bout of writer's block that stretched on for nearly a decade, Sting found inspiration by channeling the stories of the shipyard workers he knew from his childhood.

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Triad To Do: New River Trail, Art Nouveau Winston-Salem, And UNCSA Offerings

8:57am September 25, 2015

by Eddie Garcia

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