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What a calming hand on the back meant for a woman in crisis

5:28pm August 01, 2023

In 2003, Susan Dickman noticed several missed calls from the hospital where her dad was being treated. She rushed there and was in a panic in the elevator when she felt a hand on her back.

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Richard E. Grant says he continues to have an "ongoing silent conversation" with his wife Joan Washington, who died in 2021. They are shown above attending an awards show in London in 2016.

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After the death of his wife, actor Richard E. Grant vowed to find joy every day

1:59pm August 01, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Grant was married to Joan Washington, an acclaimed dialect coach, for 35 years. He writes about their relationship and her death from cancer in the new memoir A Pocketful of Happiness.

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Angus Cloud made a deep impression on viewers and his fellow actors, in a TV and film career that was still rising. He's seen here last fall, attending a dinner at the Strand Bookstore in New York City.

Friends and family mourn the death of Angus Cloud, the well-loved star of 'Euphoria'

12:24pm August 01, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Angus Cloud's portrayal of Fez, a thoughtful and laconic drug dealer on HBO's Euphoria, endeared him to fans and launched a career that was still rising. He died Monday at age 25.

Malevolent robot stories used to be more about brawn than brain — so it was a genuine shock for audiences in 1968 when the sentient HAL-9000 computer calmly said, "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." Above, Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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'Open the pod bay door, HAL' — here's how AI became a movie villain

8:44pm July 31, 2023

by Bob Mondello

When Tom Cruise battles a sentient artificial intelligence "Entity" in the latest Mission Impossible film, he joins a long list of heroes who've had to fight a malevolent machine onscreen.

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Bandit (left) with his daughters Bluey (center) and Bingo (right).

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Parents share what they learned from watching 'Bluey'

6:43pm July 31, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The anthropomorphic cattle dog has been captivating the attention of her target audience and then some.

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Pee-wee Herman creator Paul Reubens dies at 70

6:42pm July 31, 2023

by Glen Weldon

Reubens' persona of Pee-wee Herman was a petulant man-child, yes — but he was also a trickster spirit, a burst of joyous id that snuck his brand of anarchy into the mainstream.

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Announcing the 2023 Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

5:41pm July 31, 2023

Here are the middle and high school honorable mentions from the 2023 Student Podcast Challenge. Congrats!

C.K. Chau's take on 'Pride and Prejudice' takes readers to 2000s New York Chinatown

4:56pm July 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with author C.K. Chau about her new book, Good Fortune — a Pride and Prejudice retelling with some delicious twists set in Chinatown in New York City during the early 2000s.

'Dreamtown' podcast examines how legal marijuana transformed one small town

1:34pm July 31, 2023

by Nick Quah

Dreamtown: The Story of Adelanto is a true-story, Coen brothers-esque caper about a California desert town that tried to revive its economy by turning to legal cannabis sales.

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A Tennessee native, Leanne Morgan refers to herself as the "Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia."

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Leanne Morgan, the 'Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia,' jokes about motherhood and menopause

1:34pm July 31, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

"It took me a long time to find my audience ... but I always knew they were out there," says Morgan, who started doing stand-up as a mom in her mid-30s. Her new Netflix special is I'm Every Woman.

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