Arts
Take A Walk With Judy Blume Through Her Old Miami Beach Neighborhood
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.
One 'Overnight,' Two Couples, Countless Boundaries Violated
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.
An American President Lost In The Wilderness Becomes 'Big Game'
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.
Going Through A Midlife Crisis? 'Summerlong' Is No Escape
Dean Bakopoulos' darkly humorous novel Summerlong features a cast of Midwestern suburbanites suffocating from adulthood.
Make Lava, Not War
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.
Do Try This At Home: Hacking Chicken Sous Vide
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."
'Keepers' Isn't One: A Critic's Highlight Reel Lacks Spark
Longtime film writer Richard Schickel's unsatisfying collection of movie musings deems pleasure and intellectualism mutually exclusive.
It's A Snap
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.
Celebrity Wedding Announcements
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!