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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 02: Megan Thee Stallion attends the premiere of STARZ season 2 of "P-Valley" at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on June 02, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

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Megan Thee Stallion takes the stand in Tory Lanez trial, shares suicidal thoughts

11:05pm December 13, 2022

As the key witness for the prosecution, the Houston rapper spoke for the first time in explicit detail about the night Lanez allegedly shot her in 2020.

Immanuel Wilkins in a performance for Jazz Night in America at PhilaMOCA in January 2022.

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A return to venues, guided by 'The 7th Hand'

4:25pm December 13, 2022

by Nate Chinen

WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen returned to live music with fervor this year — and one artist in particular, the young saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, emerged as a constant presence.

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SZA, 'Kill Bill'

3:14pm December 13, 2022

by Teresa Xie

As is often the case with inner monologues, "Kill Bill" finds SZA bouncing her more toxic and rational thoughts off of each other — indulging particularly in the former.

A 2005 exterior shot of The Juilliard School, which is located on the campus of Lincoln Center in New York City.

Former music students accuse two Juilliard teachers of sexual misconduct

2:35pm December 13, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Three people have accused two teachers at the world-renowned music school — composers Robert Beaser and the late Christopher Rouse — of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1990s and 2000s.

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'Emerald City Nights' revisits jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal in a series from the 1960s

1:55pm December 13, 2022

by Kevin Whitehead

When Jamal's trios visited Penthouse jazz club in Seattle in the '60s, they came to play. Now 92, the pianist has signed off on the release of a new series of live recordings from back in the day.

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Adam Sandler is the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler will receive the award at a gala performance at the Kennedy Center on March 19th, 2023.

Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

12:01pm December 13, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

The Kennedy Center has announced Adam Sandler as the winner of this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Sandler's credits include SNL, Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups, The Wedding Singer and Hustle.

NPR Music celebrates 15 years with Cimafunk, Bartees Strange, Leikeli47, and Cory Henry at 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 2022. (Eric Lee for NPR)

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Watch Cory Henry live at NPR Music's 15th anniversary concert

10:00am December 13, 2022

by Nikki Birch

The keyboard wizard promised good vibes and funk at NPR Music's anniversary celebration at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club — and he absolutely delivered.

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Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat scores del Toro's 'Pinocchio'

9:49am December 13, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to French composer Alexandre Desplat about his score for director Guillermo del Toro's new stop animation film: Pinocchio.

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A fan waits for K-pop band BTS's member Jin to arrive before he enters the army to serve near an army training center in Yeoncheon, South Korea, on Tuesday.

BTS member Jin begins military duty at a frontline South Korean boot camp

6:22am December 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Six other younger BTS members are to join the military in coming years one after another, meaning that the world's biggest boy band must take a hiatus, likely for a few years.

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YouTuber Joe Jenkins is not shy about playing the piano in unusual places

5:49am December 13, 2022

Jenkins, equipped with diving gear, has now played underwater in Swanage, England. He told the BBC that he is the first person to play a fully submerged piano.

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