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The Man Booker Prize announced its longlist of 13 nominees Wednesday.

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'Booker Dozen' Stirs In A Hefty Batch Of American Authors

4:04pm July 29, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

Thirteen novels are in the hunt for the Man Booker Prize, the U.K.'s biggest literary award. The Booker is open to Americans for only the second year, and this year's list pits rookies against titans.

White God is about a dog who is separated from his owner (Zsófia Psotta) when her father forces her to give him up. Teresa Ann Miller worked as a trainer for the Hungarian film.

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A Hollywood Animal Trainer's Secrets For Getting Dogs To Act On Cue

3:04pm July 29, 2015

Teresa Ann Miller often works with furry performers, but the Hungarian film White God was especially challenging. "The dogs just thought it was a party," she says of the film's dog-pack scene.

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'Key & Peele' Is Ending. Here Are A Few Of Its Code Switch-iest Moments

1:34pm July 29, 2015

by Anthony Cook

From Luther the "anger translator" for President Obama to everyday situations, Key and Peele have put code-switching front and center in their comedy show.

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Peace, Love And Realness In A Hip-Hop History

1:03pm July 29, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

Cartoonist Ed Piskor has just put out the new book in his award-winning Hip Hop Family Tree series. It's an exhaustive, good-natured look at the birth of hip-hop that avoids the pitfall of voyeurism.

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Blue Ridge Music Center Presents Joe Troop And Diego Sanchez

8:28am July 29, 2015

by David Ford

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Bill Cosby Removed From Documentary On Black Stuntmen

6:34pm July 28, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Bill Cosby was instrumental in opening the door for black stuntmen in Hollywood early in his career. He was to be a central figure in a new documentary about black stuntmen, but that has now changed. He will be mentioned, but his interviews have been pulled, following the latest revelations about the comedian, who admitted in court documents that he drugged women for sex.

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Tina Fey talked about Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt at the Television Critics Association press tour on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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Tina Fey Accidentally Explains How Netflix Is Like Podcasting

6:21pm July 28, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On demand is on demand, as it turns out, whether it's video or audio. Even Tina Fey says so.

Russian designer Andrew Gorkovenko created a packaging concept for TripTea using the tea leaves inside of tea bags.

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Me-Tea-Morphosis: Tea Bags Get Second Life As Works Of Art

4:33pm July 28, 2015

by Tove Danovich

Artists are reinventing the humble tea bag, letting its contents and simple shape and color shine in beautiful, fragile art. Some are even farming out the tea drinking to get to the used bags.

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An Airborne Adventurer's Journey In 'Circling The Sun'

2:47pm July 28, 2015

by Jean Zimmerman

The author of The Paris Wife is back with another novelized memoir, this time of pioneering aviator (and all-around adventurer) Beryl Markham, the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean east to west.

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Authoring Action Collaborates With Local Artists And Engages Audiences With Summer Performances

8:52am July 28, 2015

by Bethany Chafin

Stories come in many forms, and Authoring Action is cultivating all of them: stories of change, stories of advocacy, and stories of self

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