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Richard Jenkins plays Henry, Olive's husband.

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In The Life Of 'Olive Kitteridge,' It's The Little Things That Add Up

2:48pm October 31, 2014

by David Bianculli

The HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand is based on a collection of stories about residents in a small town in Maine. It's about family, friends and the tenuous relationships that make up life.

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Halloween Makes Us Think Of ... Diversity In Romance!

2:33pm October 31, 2014

Romance guru Bobbi Dumas once worked at an international school — and she says the colorful world of the kids' Halloween costumes inspired her to think about diversity in her favorite literature.

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Stephen King On Growing Up, Believing In God And Getting Scared

2:32pm October 31, 2014

"The more carny it got, the better I liked it," King says of his new thriller, Joyland. King talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his career writing horror, and about what scares him now.

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Jeffrey Dean Foster, Piedmont Opera, Dale Pollock, and Declan O'Rourke

1:08pm October 31, 2014

by David Ford

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Jeffrey Tambor plays Maura in the new Amazon series Transparent. Jill Soloway says she cast Tambor in the role because everyone knows Tambor as a "dad figure."

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Funny, Dirty, Sad: The 'Holy Trinity' For 'Transparent' Creator Jill Soloway

11:52am October 31, 2014

When writer Jill Soloway's father came out as a trans woman, Soloway says, it was a huge relief. And it helped her create the series Transparent about "boundaries, legacy, gender, family."

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J.K. Rowling reads to children at the 2010 White House Egg Roll. According to a new essay, her own experiences as a young student helped inform the Harry Potter character Dolores Umbridge.

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Book News: J.K. Rowling Exposes Origin Of Harry Potter's 'Twee' Nemesis

10:33am October 31, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

Dolores Umbridge, enemy of the boy wizard, gets profiled in a new story from Rowling on Halloween. Also: Goodnight Moon goes bilingual, and a campaign for diverse books turns to crowd-funding.

Terrifying terrorramas so scary you'll need a nurse on standby! Bob Mondello says the 1993 film Matinee brought back memories of his days writing Halloween horror ad copy for a movie theater chain.

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Remembering All-Night Fright Fests And Halloween Horrorthons

9:42am October 31, 2014

by Bob Mondello

For Halloween, NPR movie critic Bob Mondello remembers scaring up some frights from his first job at a movie theater.

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Singer/Songwriter Jeffrey Dean Foster Releases New Album "The Arrow"

8:54am October 31, 2014

by Eddie Garcia

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Review: Gyllenhaal's 'Nightcrawler' Is Pulp With A Purpose

7:42am October 31, 2014

by Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan reviews Nightcrawler, a thriller set in the "nocturnal underbelly" of Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal plays a young man who discovers the world of L.A. crime journalism.

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The Colorful, Blossoming D.C. Arts Scene In The 1950s, '60s

7:42am October 31, 2014

by Susan Stamberg

In 1965 the work of six local painters went on exhibit at the now-defunct Washington Gallery of Modern Art. The show launched a movement, and the painters' work now hangs in major museums. One of those artists, now 97, lives in Arlington, Va.

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