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Bob's Burgers won this year's Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

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'Bob's Burgers' Serves Up Gently Savory Entertainment

10:35am October 03, 2014

by NPR Staff

The winningly sweet, wacky (and now Emmy-winning) cartoon follows a family and their struggling seaside burger joint. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to creator and executive producer Loren Bouchard.

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Blue Ridge Read Highlights Terry Kay's "To Dance With the White Dog"

9:09am October 03, 2014

by David Ford

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Achy Feet Rejoice! Designers Are Showing Flats For Spring

7:36am October 03, 2014

Audie Cornish talks to Sally Singer of Vogue.com about the latest from the world's runways. She's been attending Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan, Paris and London.

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Nicholas Sparks attends the Professional Bull Riders 2014 Monster Energy Invitational VIP Party. A film adaptation of Sparks' novel The Best of Me is scheduled to be in theaters on Oct. 17.

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Book News: Nicholas Sparks Is Accused Of Racism And Homophobia

7:19am October 03, 2014

by Colin Dwyer

The allegations come in a lawsuit filed by the ex-headmaster at a school that the best-selling writer founded. Also: The Authors Guild reveals it's requested a Justice Department probe of Amazon.

A love affair descends into murder in The Blue Room.

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In 'The Blue Room,' An Uncertain Path Through An Affair

5:03pm October 02, 2014

by Tomas Hachard

Actor-director Mathieu Amalric's adaptation of a Belgian mystery novel features two lovers caught in a web of adultery and crime.

Nicolas Cage stars as airline pilot Ray Steele in Left Behind.

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A Man, A Plane, A Rapture: 'Left Behind'

5:03pm October 02, 2014

by Mark Jenkins

Nicolas Cage heads up another try at adapting the incredibly popular rapture novels into films.

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Good-Hearted But Simplistic, 'The Good Lie' Fails To Satisfy

5:03pm October 02, 2014

by Ella Taylor

While the story of Sudanese refugees in America is well-meaning and earnestly executed, its failure to engage some of the most important challenges those refugees might really face is a fatal flaw.

Kate Walsh as Rebecca in NBC's Bad Judge.

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The Overworked 'Bad Judge' Still Doesn't Work

4:38pm October 02, 2014

by Linda Holmes

They've done quite an overhaul on the Kate Walsh vehicle Bad Judge, but it's still not hanging together.

The WeBike cycling desk can be found at airports and train stations across in Western Europe.

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The Cycling Desk: Work Out And Charge Your Phone During A Trip

4:35pm October 02, 2014

by Elise Hu

Stationary bikes that power your gadgets as you pedal are this week's innovation pick. They've already appeared in railway stations and airports in Europe and may be for sale later this year.

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'Lies' May Be Fiction, But Its Story Rings True

2:44pm October 02, 2014

by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Robin Talley's new young adult novel about the first group of kids to desegregate Southern schools combines hard truths about the civil rights struggle with a thrilling, head-over-heels love story.