Arts

Booksellers on the Seine get the boot ahead of next summer's Olympics in Paris

6:36pm August 22, 2023

by Rebecca Rosman

Book stalls along the Seine River have been a beloved Paris tradition for centuries. A plan to remove them before next summer's Olympic Games has not been well received.

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After falling on the street, a woman made it to a big meeting thanks to two strangers

6:14pm August 22, 2023

Vige Barrie has mild cerebral palsy, which occasionally makes her trip and fall. One day, she was in Washington, D.C., for a big meeting. Little did she know, she was about to meet her unsung heroes.

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Ayo Edebiri as Josie and Rachel Sennott as PJ in Bottoms.

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'Bottoms' is an absurdist high school sex comedy that rages and soars

3:17pm August 22, 2023

by Aisha Harris

The cheeky black comedy stars Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri as teens who start a fight club to get laid.

Demi Lovato, Scooter Braun and Ariana Grande.

Major artists are reportedly ditching their A-list manager. Here's what's going on

2:53pm August 22, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Entertainment mogul Scooter Braun discovered Justin Bieber and has managed the careers of Ariana Grande and K-pop star Psy. Now some of his biggest stars are reportedly parting ways with him.

Drew Gilpin Faust served as president of Harvard from 2007 until 2018. She is currently the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor.

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Harvard's Drew Gilpin Faust says history should make us uncomfortable

1:47pm August 22, 2023

by Terry Gross

Growing up in the South, Faust rejected the narrative she was fed about slavery and the Civil War. She writes about her journey to activism and becoming the president of Harvard in Necessary Trouble.

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A person passes an ad featuring the Nintendo character Mario at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo on June 10, 2022.

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Charles Martinet, the voice of Nintendo's beloved Mario character, is stepping down

10:17am August 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Nintendo of America confirmed that Charles Martinet will now serve in the role of "Mario Ambassador," traveling around the world to promote the beloved plumber and perform Nintendo character voices.

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Arts

'Unearthing' couples the natural world with the meaning of family

5:00am August 22, 2023

by Kristen Martin

Kyo Maclear presents a unique take on the paternity mystery memoir, one that eschews a predetermined narrative arc for a wide-ranging exploration of what it means to be a family.

'Struggler' is Genesis Owusu's bold follow-up to his hit debut album

8:14pm August 21, 2023

by A Martinez, Phil Harrell

Genesis Owusu has won just about every award he could in his home country of Australia with his debut album. Now with album number two, he's ready to take on America.

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Kate Zernike's book explores the long battle for gender equality at MIT

6:31pm August 21, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.

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The honey industry in Yemen is feeling the impacts of war and climate change

6:30pm August 21, 2023

by Fatma Tanis

Yemen produces some of the best honey in the world, from trees in the mountainous north. But the war and climate change make it difficult for beekeepers to produce it.

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