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Souped-Up Vehicles And Road Warriors Reign In 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

10:09am May 18, 2015

by David Edelstein

It has been 36 years since the first Mad Max film crash landed into theaters. David Edelsein says the forth installment of the series is "basically one long chase with ever more insane variables."

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Letters From Home Releases New Album

9:50am May 18, 2015

by David Ford

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In Chad Hodge's new Fox series, Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) travels to Wayward Pines, Idaho, in search of two missing federal agents.

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TV Thriller 'Wayward Pines' Offers Suspense — And An Ending

8:56pm May 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

Chad Hodge, the creator of the 10-episode limited series, promises that it won't leave viewers hanging. "One thing that I really wanted to do with this show is not cheat you as a viewer," he says.

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A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

10:44am May 17, 2015

by Will Shortz

Every answer is the name of a country. For each word given, ignore the vowels. The consonants, in order from left to right, are the same consonants in the same order as in the country.

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Watching Joan (Christina Hendricks, left) and Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) navigate the sexism of a 1960s ad agency is part of what has kept audiences hooked on Mad Men.

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'Mad Men' Writer: Show's Female Characters Aren't Thinking About Feminism

10:44am May 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

"They're very much in their own lives," says Semi Chellas, who is also the show's co-executive producer. The AMC period drama ends its seventh and final season on Sunday.

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Oak Ridge Boys Take Their Impeccable Harmonies 'On The Road'

10:44am May 17, 2015

The Oak Ridge Boys are still at it, with a new CD of hymns and gospels called Rock of Ages. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Joe Bonsall and Richard Sterban about Bonsall's new book and their latest CD.

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Matthew Weiner and Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg.

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Matthew Weiner: No Longer Linda's Loser Husband

6:22am May 17, 2015

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner joins us in Santa Barbara, Calif., to talk screenwriting, life before success, and his secret past as a Jeopardy! champion.

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Queen Latifah plays blues singer Bessie Smith in the HBO movie Bessie.

In HBO's 'Bessie,' Queen Latifah Stars As Empress Of The Blues

7:16pm May 16, 2015

by NPR Staff

It took Queen Latifah more than 20 years to bring the life of pioneering blues singer Bessie Smith to the screen. "Inhabiting her has inhabited me," she says.

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Boston Pops Gives The Audience What It Wants

11:23am May 16, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart about the By Popular Demand program, in which the audience helps pick the music the Pops plays.

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Amy Poehler On Vinyl Designed To Catch Eyes Along With Ears

11:23am May 16, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Harper Collins Audio is releasing a vinyl edition of Amy Poehler's book, Yes Please. The publisher thinks the combination of old media plus the popular Poehler will attract a young audience.

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