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Poet Laureate Ada Limon talks about her poem engraved on a NASA spaceship

5:23pm October 08, 2024

by Elena Burnett

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon about her poem engraved on NASA's spaceship headed 1.8 billion miles to the Jupiter moon of Europa.

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A voice coach in Kansas helps students work toward their musical theater dreams

5:13pm October 08, 2024

More young people are attracted to musical theater because of popular shows like "Hamilton" and "Hadestown." Students who want to be part of the performances may turn to a vocal coach for help.

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Pharrell wanted to tell his story through Legos — here's why

12:50pm October 08, 2024

The animated film Piece By Piece traces Pharrell’s early life as a boy growing up in Virginia Beach and follows his trajectory to a Grammy-winning songwriter, performer and producer.

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Singing teacher in Kansas helps students work toward their musical theater dreams

3:40am October 08, 2024

More young people are attracted to musical theater because of popular shows like “Hamilton” and “Hadestown.” Students who want to be part of the performances may turn to a vocal coach for help.

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The experimental movie 'Fresh Kill' goes on a road trip

2:59am October 08, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

Thirty years ago, an experimental film catapulted audiences to a contaminated city. Then, no one got it. Now, it seems prescient, and the 70-year-old filmmaker is traveling with it across the U.S.

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Friends since birth, Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal are back together on screen

2:46am October 08, 2024

by Mandalit del Barco

In 2001, actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal gained international fame as co-stars in Y Tu Mamá También. They were best friends off-screen, too – and they’re together again in Hulu’s first Spanish-language original series, La Máquina.

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Pharrell says his hit ‘Happy’ came from a sarcastic place

5:38pm October 07, 2024

by Sarah Handel

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with producer and musician Pharrell Williams about the new movie Piece by Piece, based on his life and told through LEGO.

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An immigrant ice cream vendor is forced to confront crippling shyness

5:29pm October 07, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

New York is known for its street food vendors. NPR spent time with a recently arrived migrant who is hitting the streets to sell for the first time, but has to overcome his crippling shyness.

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Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California.

Gospel great Cissy Houston has died at the age of 91

4:49pm October 07, 2024

Renowned soul and gospel singer Cissy Houston has died. She was part of a extraordinary musical family that included Dionne Warwick and her superstar daughter, Whitney Houston.

Despite mixed reviews, 'Joker 2' is on track to be one of the biggest comic-book-film flops

1:43pm October 07, 2024

Many film critics and comic book fans say they felt the sequel felt short of their expectations. Others argue that was the whole point all along.