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Sharp-tongued, indomitable, and beloved actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89

10:08am September 27, 2024

Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Maggie Smith played everything from wistful ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey.

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Book recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month

5:21am September 27, 2024

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Lupita Aquino, also known as "Lupita Reads" on social media, shares a few book recommendations by Latino authors.

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Words, sounds and the art of listening with Aja Monet

5:00am September 27, 2024

The self-described “surreal blues poet” savors the significance of words and the noisy poetry of city life.

A mysterious hum and a charismatic leader stoke chaos in Missy Mazzoli's opera

5:00am September 27, 2024

In The Listeners, a seductive cult leader and an unexplainable noise divides an innocent community and warps reality. Mazzoli's opera receives its U.S. premiere in Philadelphia.

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Dear Life Kit: My wife wants to use the last of our savings for a 4th round of IVF

5:00am September 27, 2024

An NPR listener says they are ready to adopt a child and move on from in vitro fertilization. But their wife is focused on getting pregnant.

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At some nail salons, customers can now get dimension and texture

4:51pm September 26, 2024

by Ana Perez

Nail art is going three dimensional. Customers now want texture, along with colorful designs. We went to see what customers are getting at the nail salon.

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Zelda is the hero in 'Echoes of Wisdom'

4:42pm September 26, 2024

by Sarah Handel

NPR's Juana Summers talks with video game writer Ash Parrish about Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, the latest game in the franchise and one of the only where Princess Zelda is the hero.

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Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

1:16pm September 26, 2024

Francis Ford Coppola's epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it's got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.

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See 'The Substance' and 'A Different Man' together for a major makeover meditation

12:09pm September 26, 2024

Two new films seem to be in dialogue: In The Substance, Demi Moore is a Hollywood star chasing eternal youth. The dark comedy A Different Man centers on a New Yorker with a rare genetic condition.

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Marking the centennial of jazz pianist Bud Powell

12:08pm September 26, 2024

by Kevin Whitehead

Born Sept. 27, 1924, Powell helped set the style for jazz piano after WWII. While earlier pianists played busy bass patterns, he helped establish a more fragmented, punctuating role for the left hand.

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