Arts

Requiem for a team: the lost promise of Rich Gang

5:00am September 14, 2024

Ten years ago, two rappers found a chemistry so potent it couldn't be recreated. Today, even with one tragically absent and one indefinitely detained, the legacy of what they made is everywhere.

Critics often slam movies. Sometimes the movies slam back.

6:17pm September 13, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Ian McKellen plays a brutal theater critic in a new film. That sent our own film critic back into the archives, musing about portrayals of critics on screen.

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'What If We Get It Right?': Experts talk about addressing climate crisis in new book

5:42pm September 13, 2024

by Ari Shapiro

NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about her new book, What If We Get It Right?: Visons of Climate Futures.

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A woman with terminal cancer got to see her daughter graduate — in the hospital

5:37pm September 13, 2024

This week on "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain: Susan Kahn was in the hospital with terminal cancer. She was unable to attend her daughter's high school graduation.

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What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

5:00pm September 13, 2024

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The shows Three Women and Empire, the movie Girls Will Be Girls, and the book Family Style.

'Baby Reindeer' is facing a lawsuit — that didn't stop it from winning 6 Emmys

3:39pm September 13, 2024

The woman who believes she inspired a stalker in the hit TV show Baby Reindeer sued Netflix over the summer. The case is still pending.

A new sculpture takes its place at the national World War I Memorial in D.C.

3:04pm September 13, 2024

Sabin Howard's sculpture, A Soldier's Journey, features 38 human figures meant to tell the story of a single “doughboy," a nickname used for American World War I soldiers.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving, gets $500 fine and will make PSA

1:05pm September 13, 2024

Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving, resolving the criminal case stemming from his arrest in the Hamptons. “I did not live up to the standards that I try to hold for myself," he said.

Ahead of the Emmys on Sunday, NPR’s TV critic presents The Deggy awards

12:42pm September 13, 2024

Each year, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans throws out the Emmys rulebook and chooses his own awards for the best shows on television. Here are this year's Deggys.

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Remembering James Earl Jones, legend of the stage and screen

10:24am September 13, 2024

by Terry Gross

Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1993.

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