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4 new books by Filipino authors to read this spring

8:10am May 25, 2023

by Malaka Gharib

As we near the close of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we bring you a list of new books by Filipino authors — ranging from a noir graphic novel to the latest from Gina Apostol.

Actors Jeremy Strong (from left), Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin are pictured in an episode of Succession, which ends on Sunday.

How composer Nicholas Britell created the sound of 'Succession'

7:28am May 25, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Sunday's finale marks the end of Succession and its iconic opening theme. Composer Nicholas Britell reflects on shaping the show's signature sound over four seasons — and what he might do next.

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Writers Guild of America East members hand out flyers as they walk a picket line in New York on May 16.

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Being a TV writer has changed — and so have the wages, says 'The Wire' creator

5:00am May 25, 2023

by Vincent Acovino

The Wire creator David Simon says he doesn't think artificial intelligence can "remotely challenge" what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.

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Kesha attends an art exhibition curated by herself and Brian Roettinger to celebrate the release of Gag Order.

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Kesha's new album pushes her personal struggles to the forefront

4:36pm May 24, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

After tumultuous and public legal battles, Kesha has released a new album full of the tensions of the recent years.

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Voice memos from the path of Typhoon Mawar

4:25pm May 24, 2023

As Typhoon Mawar thrashes Guam with 140-mile-per-hour winds and heavy rain, two people on the island share eyewitness accounts of what they're seeing.

A customer walks into a Target store on Feb. 28 in San Rafael, Calif.

Target removes some Pride Month products after threats against employees

3:53pm May 24, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The retail giant said the threats were "impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being" on the job. It's the latest company to face a backlash over support for LGBTQ+ people.

Amanda Gorman says she wrote "The Hill We Climb" — which she read at President Biden's inauguration — "so that all young people could see themselves in a historical moment." Gorman is seen here in February, at the Grammy Awards.

One complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem

3:25pm May 24, 2023

by Bill Chappell

One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."

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Chef Lidia Bastianich looks back on her family's chaotic life in Europe after WWII

3:19pm May 24, 2023

by Terry Gross

The James Beard Award-winning chef fled the Italian peninsula of Istria after it was handed over to Communist Yugoslavia following WWII. Her new PBS show is Lidia Celebrates America.

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Kenneth Anger attends MOCA's 35th Anniversary Gala in March 2014 in Los Angeles.

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Kenneth Anger, gay film pioneer and unreliable Hollywood chronicler, dies at 96

11:51am May 24, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

Kenneth Anger was a queer underground filmmaker whose bestselling book, Hollywood Babylon, purported to reveal the seamy side of a golden era.

Yazmin Lopez, here at home in Madison, Wis., first learned about credit scores from a personal finance book she picked up at Goodwill a few years after coming to the U.S. as a teenager.

Welcome to America! Now learn to be in debt

7:55am May 24, 2023

The U.S. economy counts on you to borrow money and stay in debt for a credit score. But what if you were taught to never owe anybody anything?

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