Arts

Sam Taylor-Johnson directs Jamie Dorn and Dakota Johnson on the set of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Arts

'Fifty Shades' Director Explores Passion, Performance And Control

6:26pm February 12, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

Fifty Shades of Grey is expected to be a blockbuster — and the director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, is a relative unknown outside of the art world, where she's a star. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a profile.

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"The age of five is the most philosophical age you can be." - Mo Willems. His latest Elephant and Piggie adventure is Waiting Is Not Easy!

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Mo Willems: 'I Want My Books To Be Played'

3:55pm February 12, 2015

The author of such beloved children's book characters as the Pigeon, Elephant and Piggie explains why he writes for people "who have not yet learned how to be embarrassed."

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Don't Let The Author Devour The Microphone!

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Mo Willems: Sunny Day

3:55pm February 12, 2015

A botched job interview wound up landing Willems a gig on Sesame Street. Will an Ask Me Another Challenge about the legendary show turn Willems into a giggling Ernie, or Oscar the Grouch?

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Pickup Lines Throughout History

3:55pm February 12, 2015

Is it 451 degrees Fahrenheit in here, or is it just you? Imagine pick-up lines that famous historical figures might have used at their local bar. Have your glass of water ready.

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What's Your Number?

3:55pm February 12, 2015

Who is Count Von Count's favorite rapper? Two-pac! Ah, ah, ah! Guess the Count's other favorite celebrities--they all have numbers in their names, like Ernest Borg-nine and Harrison Four-d.

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Movies That Really Stink

3:55pm February 12, 2015

The fur flies in this final round as contestants go ape trying to guess movies that have the names of animals in their titles. Who will Chicken Run their way to victory?

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'Ida' Director Made Film To 'Recover The Poland' Of His Childhood

1:35pm February 12, 2015

The film is set in 1962 in Poland where director Pawel Pawlikowski lived until he was 14. Up for an Oscar for best foreign language film, Ida is about identity, faith, guilt and socialism.

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Rosie (Melissa George) and barbecue hostess Aisha (Thandie Newton) comfort Rosie's 5-year-old son (Dylan Schombing) after another parent hit him.

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Miniseries Explores The Ugly Fallout Of A Disciplinary 'Slap'

9:09am February 12, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

In The Slap, NBC takes on the touchy issue of corporal punishment. The show begins at a Brooklyn barbecue with a dad hitting another parent's out-of-control 5-year-old.

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An Iraqi woman walks through a plume of smoke rising from a massive fire at a liquid gas factory as she searches for her husband in the vicinity in Basra, Iraq, May 2, 2003.

Twice Kidnapped, Photographer Returns To War Zone: 'It's What I Do'

9:07am February 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

Lynsey Addario was taken captive in 2011 while covering Libya's civil war. With a gun to her head, she says, she was thinking, "Will I ever get my cameras back?"

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The Lenses Used to Capture a City: Chad Nance Writes in and of His Hometown

8:55am February 12, 2015

by Bethany Chafin

Chad Nance has written for international and national outlets, and as a native of Winston-Salem, in 2012 he returned to his hometown to focus on local journalism and community building. Or as he says, the things that really affect his daily life. He's the Editor-in-Chief for Camel City Dispatch (launched in 2012), an online news daily covering everything from Arts and Entertainment to business, education, and more.

In addition to his work with Camel City Dispatch, Nance has published Shape I'm In: The Camel City Dispatches and the second of a five-novel sci-fi series, Existential Threat: Scarlet Stains will be released on February 14th, by Second Wind Publishing.

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