Arts

Jenny Slate's latest stand-up special is Seasoned Professional.

Arts

As a 'Seasoned Professional,' Jenny Slate now finds strength in her sensitivity

1:49pm March 12, 2024

by Terry Gross

The comic can pick up on the "micro bad mood" of whoever she's talking to. And when she wants her 3-year-old daughter to open up, she talks to her in the voice of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.

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The Duchess of Cambridge walks around Ballymena, Northern Ireland on February 28, 2019. She has recently disappeared from the public eye after having abdominal surgery.

What the royal family doesn't understand about PR in 2024

1:42pm March 12, 2024

by Linda Holmes

The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public.

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A new public art project in Los Angeles is creating a lot of controversy

5:14am March 12, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to University of Arizona Associate Professor Stefano Bloch about the graffiti that has transformed empty skyscrapers in Los Angeles into a symbolic battleground.

With a few days likely left in the Iditarod, a frontrunner gets a time penalty

12:00am March 12, 2024

by Casey Grove - Alaska Public Media

With days likely left in the sled dog race, one of the frontrunners has been given a 2-hour time penalty after officials deemed he didn't sufficiently gut a moose that got tangled with his dog team.

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Janice Burgess, Nickelodeon executive who created 'The Backyardigans,' dies at 72

7:24pm March 11, 2024

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon television executive who oversaw shows like Blue Clues, Little Bill, and The Backyardigans, has died at 72. She's remembered for inspiring kids' sense of adventure.

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What we know about the royal Photoshop controversy — and why people care so much

6:04pm March 11, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

The Princess of Wales admits she edited a family photo issued by the palace. News agencies retracted the photo over concerns it was digitally manipulated.

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The big takeaways from last night's Oscars

4:59pm March 11, 2024

by Linda Holmes

With the Oscars handed out, NPR critic Linda Holmes reflects on the night's big winners, takeaways, and telecast highlights.

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Julio Torres attends a screening of Problemista in New York on Feb. 27.

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In 'Problemista' Julio Torres spins immigration stress into satire

2:30pm March 11, 2024

by Terry Gross

The comic, actor and filmmaker came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his 20s. "This movie deals with the problem of immigration, but I think of it as a very silly, happy and joyful movie," he says.

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Nadim Cheikhrouha, producer for the Oscar-nominated documentary Four Sisters, wears an Artists4Ceasefire pin as he attends the Academy Awards on Sunday. The pin features a hand with a black heart in the middle of it.

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What's behind the red pins celebrities wore at the Oscars

1:55pm March 11, 2024

by Diba Mohtasham

Actors, directors and musicians at the 2024 Oscars wore the red pins to support a group called Artists4Ceasfire, which is calling for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Kate, Princess of Wales, says she edited a photo that seemed to promise to ease concerns about her health — but only raised new questions. She's seen here greeting the public on Christmas Day, last December.

What to know about the 'confusion' over Kate Middleton's edited family photo

8:49am March 11, 2024

by Bill Chappell

"Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing," the princess of Wales said, acknowledging suspicions about a family photo.