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Blume revisits her old Miami Beach school, Central Beach Elementary, which is now Fienberg Fisher K-8. Click here to go on a virtual tour of Blume's Miami Beach.

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Take A Walk With Judy Blume Through Her Old Miami Beach Neighborhood

8:05pm June 25, 2015

by Alicia Zuckerman

Blume says her time in Miami Beach in the late '40s was the most important time in her childhood. Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself is a slightly fictionalized autobiography of Blume's life there.

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Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling in The Overnight.

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One 'Overnight,' Two Couples, Countless Boundaries Violated

5:31pm June 25, 2015

by Tomas Hachard

A new comedy starring Adam Scott and Taylor Schilling tests the boundaries of good taste for both the two couples at its center and the film itself.

Samuel L. Jackson as The President and Onni Tommila as Oskari in Big Game.

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An American President Lost In The Wilderness Becomes 'Big Game'

5:03pm June 25, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

A Finnish production follows a head of state played by Samuel L. Jackson as he crosses paths with a teenager on his own in the wild.

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Going Through A Midlife Crisis? 'Summerlong' Is No Escape

4:24pm June 25, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Dean Bakopoulos' darkly humorous novel Summerlong features a cast of Midwestern suburbanites suffocating from adulthood.

For decades, scientists have wished for a handy, controllable volcano they could keep in the lab. Now two men at Syracuse University have created just that.

Make Lava, Not War

3:12pm June 25, 2015

by Adam Cole

A sculptor and a geologist are melting hundreds of pounds of rock in a giant cauldron to create realistic lava flows. Cool! NPR reporter Adam Cole pays a visit to learn more about lava's allure.

To make Christina Tosi's Bird in a Bag, you'll need a chicken breast or boneless thigh, seasoning, buttermilk (or even bottled ranch dressing), a heavy-duty zip-top freezer bag and a straw.

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Do Try This At Home: Hacking Chicken Sous Vide

2:28pm June 25, 2015

by Ted Robbins

Sous-vide makes meat moist and flavorful, but can take up to 96 hours, not to mention a $500 machine. Chef Christina Tosi shares a technique she uses to cheat in her home kitchen: the "Bird in a Bag."

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'Keepers' Isn't One: A Critic's Highlight Reel Lacks Spark

1:30pm June 25, 2015

by Tomas Hachard

Longtime film writer Richard Schickel's unsatisfying collection of movie musings deems pleasure and intellectualism mutually exclusive.

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It's A Snap

10:52am June 25, 2015

This game has attitude — each answer is a word or phrase containing the word "snap." But extra coordination is required: substitute an actual *snap* of your fingers where it appears in the answer.

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Celebrity Wedding Announcements

10:52am June 25, 2015

How do you make a celebrity marriage work? We think it's all in the name. Imagine nuptials between two celebs whose paired surnames create a phrase: Keith Urban plus John Legend = Urban-Legend!

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They sing pretty, but can they make music out of party balloons?

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Lake Street Dive: My Beautiful Balloon

10:52am June 25, 2015

The soul-pop quartet behind Bad Self Portraits reveals its extraordinary talent of covering pop songs using, yes, party balloons. Can you guess the titles of these squeaky melodies?

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