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'Citizenfour' Charts The Early Days Of Snowden's NSA Revelations

6:54pm October 15, 2014

Melissa Block speaks with documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras about her new film, Citizenfour that charts her meeting with Edward Snowden and his subsequent revelations about government surveillance.

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'The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher' And Other Stories From Hilary Mantel

1:57pm October 15, 2014

by Maureen Corrigan

Heads tend to roll, figuratively and otherwise, in Mantel's writing. Critic Maureen Corrigan says this new short story collection — about grotesque characters in the modern world — is breathtaking.

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Costumes were plentiful at the New York Comic-Con at Jacob Javitz Center.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour, Small Batch: A Report From New York Comic-Con

1:55pm October 15, 2014

by Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour pal Petra Mayer just got back from New York Comic-Con, so we got her to update us briefly on Gillian Anderson, fandom and very big crowds.

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When Good Kids Go Feral, Bloody 'Brood' Hits Its Stride

1:02pm October 15, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

Gratuitous, gore-soaked and reveling in poor taste, Chase Novak's Brood is a true B-movie sequel — and just as fun. But despite its body count, the book still could have used a little more blood.

Lena Dunham and Allison Williams star in Girls, one of several popular HBO shows that stand-alone streaming could include.

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HBO Without Cable, Coming In 2015

12:28pm October 15, 2014

by Linda Holmes

HBO has announced that beginning in 2015, it will offer what many have long wanted: access to HBO without having cable.

J.K. Simmons plays brutal music teacher Terence Fletcher in Whiplash.

J.K. Simmons Won't Throw A Chair At Your Head, But His Character Might

10:40am October 15, 2014

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with actor J.K. Simmons about his much buzzed about performance as a brutal music teacher in the new film Whiplash.

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Australian author Richard Flanagan, 2014's Man Booker Prize winner, holds his book The Narrow Road to the Deep North at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Monday.

Australian Novelist Richard Flanagan Awarded Booker Prize

10:26am October 15, 2014

by Lauren Hodges

The head of the judge's committee says The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the story of POWs in World War II forced to build the Thailand Burma Railway, is a "magnificent novel of love and war."

Definitely not traditional: two colorful takes on porridge, from Friday's London Porridge Championships.

Porridge Aficionados Vie To Make Theirs The Breakfast Of Champions

10:19am October 15, 2014

by Rich Preston

Once derided as Scottish food better suited to horses than people, porridge these days is more cool than gruel. In the U.K., competitions have porridge lovers battling with their best recipes.

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Mipso, Steep Canyon Rangers, and Laurelyn Dossett to Perform at Piedmont Land Jam

9:31am October 15, 2014

by David Ford

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Book News: Big Names And A Few Surprises Among National Book Award Finalists

9:28am October 15, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The prominent literary prize narrowed its nominees to 20 writers — a mix of heavyweights and many new ones. And across the Atlantic, Richard Flanagan won Britain's biggest award, the Man Booker Prize.