Arts

Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh

4:49pm September 29, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cameron Lew of the band Ginger Root about his new EP Nisemono and the vintage Japanese pop that inspires his sound.

Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.

Arts

Can the hurricane TV reporters come inside now? Please?

1:54pm September 29, 2022

by Eric Deggans

This is an old debate and one the TV news industry seems to have already decided — but until someone is seriously injured doing this kind of reporting, it will continue.

Adrien Brody as The Playwright & Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.

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Arts

'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise

12:00pm September 29, 2022

by Tom Vitale

The Netflix adaptation reimagines the inner life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons.

'Solito' is a personal story of immigration that sheds light on the universal

5:00am September 29, 2022

by Gabino Iglesias

Javier Zamora's book, as touching as it is sad, and as full of hope and kindness as it is harrowing, is the kind of narrative that manages to bring a huge debate down to a very personal space.

The rapper Coolio has died at 59

9:52pm September 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

The artist, one of hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at age 59, his manager said.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett stands inside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre in Ashland, Ore. She recently programmed her first full season but not everyone has embraced her new approach.

Arts

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

4:35pm September 28, 2022

by Bilal Qureshi

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

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Remembering Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of the 'Wolf Hall' saga

1:23pm September 28, 2022

by Terry Gross

The British writer, who died Sept. 22, wrote a trilogy of critically acclaimed historical novels on the life of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry VIII's most trusted advisors. Originally broadcast in '12.

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Arts

Ned Fulmer's Try Guys cheating scandal, explained

3:37am September 28, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Ned Fulmer was an original member of The Try Guys, a group that attracted a large YouTube following by trying unusual antics. Now he has departed the group following revelations of infidelity.

Magnus Carlsen says he will not play Hans Niemann again because he believes Niemann "has cheated more — and more recently — than he has publicly admitted."

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating

9:50pm September 27, 2022

by Bill Chappell

The scandal has been the talk of the chess world this month. Interest exploded last week after Carlsen resigned from a match against Niemann after making only one move.

Leslie Grace (left), Antonio Banderas, Lynda Carter, Xochitl Gomez, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), El Santo and Xolo Maridueña have played or are in production to play superheroes.

Latino superheroes are saving the day in Hollywood

7:01pm September 27, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Many of the new movie superheroes star Latino actors or have Latino characters. Their origin stories are diverse.

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