Arts

The story behind the real 'Dial of Destiny' featured in the new Indiana Jones film

4:42pm July 19, 2023

Honorary professor at University College, London, Tony Freeth talks about his studies on the Antikythera Mechanism, which was just featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Greensboro City Council approves sculpture to honor Justice Henry E. Frye and Shirley T. Frye

4:06pm July 19, 2023

by DJ Simmons

Greensboro City Council has approved the installation of a sculpture at Center City Park to honor Justice Henry Frye and his wife Shirley Frye.

Rapper Tupac Shakur, pictured here in Los Angeles in August 1996, was fatally injured in a drive-by shooting, a case that's never been solved.

Las Vegas police investigating Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder have searched a Nevada home

3:42pm July 19, 2023

by Emily Olson

A decades-long investigation into the murder of the rapper appeared to take another turn on Monday after Las Vegas police searched a home in Henderson, Nev.

Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie starring Margot Robbie, above, was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.

Arts

Is 'Barbie' corporate propaganda or Malibu Metacommentary™? Why not both!

1:31pm July 19, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.

Is 'Toxic Fashion' making us sick? A look at the chemicals lurking in our clothes

1:26pm July 19, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

In 2018, Delta airlines unveiled new uniforms made of a synthetic-blend fabric. Soon after, flight attendants began to get sick. Alden Wicker explains how toxic chemicals get in clothes in To Dye For.

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Pikmin 4 review: tiny tactics, a rescue dog and a fresh face

9:01am July 19, 2023

by Tre Watson

Nintendo's Pikmin 4 streamlines a real-time strategy series that debuted over two decades ago. It also gives you a cute dog and a customizable avatar.

Books
Arts

In 'Silver Nitrate,' a cursed film propels 2 childhood friends to the edges of reality

7:00am July 19, 2023

by Jason Heller

Set in Mexico City in 1993, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest novel is steeped in cinematic history and lore, as well an eerie well of myth that recalls H.P. Lovecraft, albeit in a more progressive form.

What does the word 'woke' really mean, and where does it come from?

5:11am July 19, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.

Dogs trained for movie roles get ready to march in a SAG picket line around Disney Studios in Los Angeles on Aug. 21, 1980.

3 lessons past Hollywood strikes can teach us about the current moment

5:04am July 19, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Hollywood actors and screenwriters are on strike simultaneously for the first time since 1960. When — and how — might things resolve this time? Experts tell NPR what recent history can teach us.

Belle Ortiz, the valiant educator who brought mariachi to public schools, has died

5:55pm July 18, 2023

by Jack Morgan

Texas educator and musician Belle Ortiz has died. She played a vital role in bringing mariachi music out of the night clubs and into public schools across Texas as a musical discipline.

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