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'Wait Wait' for February 3, 2024: Live from Milwaukee with Kristen Kish!

8:53am February 03, 2024

It was announced last year that Top Chef winner Kristen Kish would be replacing Padma Lakshmi as host. She may be Top Chef, but what she know about Jeff Bezos, the Top Jeff?

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Jack Dawkins in The Artful Dodger.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

7:01am February 03, 2024

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: a podcast about One Direction, Leo Reich's comedy special, and the shows The Artful Dodger and Jet Lag.

A lone shopper heads into a Target store on Jan. 11 in Lakewood, Colo.

Target pulls Black History Month book that misidentified 3 civil rights icons

5:35pm February 02, 2024

by Jonathan Franklin

The magnet book mixed up W.E.B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Carter G. Woodson. Target said it will no longer sell the book in stores or online and that it notified the publisher of the errors.

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Actor and former NFL player Carl Weathers has died at 76

4:59pm February 02, 2024

by Chloe Veltman

Carl Weather was known for his role as Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, and contributions to The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, and other productions.

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The TV reboot of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' is a savvy and emotional spy story

4:27pm February 02, 2024

by Eric Deggans

Donald Glover's reimagining of the spy couple film Mr. and Mrs. Smith as a series for Prime Video is a quirky reboot, set when the main characters first start working together.

Ahead of Sunday's Grammy Awards, women dominate nominations for biggest categories

4:27pm February 02, 2024

Some of the biggest names in music are nominated for the Grammy Awards happening this weekend. Here's who we think could take home some wins.

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Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in 'Rocky' movies, dies at 76

4:22pm February 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, has died.

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Selected Shorts: A Celebration of Langston Hughes

2:00pm February 02, 2024

This special program, hosted by stage and film actor Teagle F. Bougere, celebrates the protean literary master and social activist Langston Hughes (1901-1967).

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'Like it or not, we live in Oppenheimer's world,' says director Christopher Nolan

1:58pm February 02, 2024

by Terry Gross

Nolan's film, which is nominated for 13 Academy Awards, tells the story of Robert Oppenheimer, the man who spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb. Originally broadcast Aug. 14, 2023.

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'Barbie' music producer Mark Ronson opens up about the film's 'bespoke' sound

1:58pm February 02, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Ronson spent a year creating Barbie's music, and co-wrote the song, "I'm Just Ken," which has been nominated for an Oscar and a Grammy. Originally broadcast Sept. 7, 2023.

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