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Jake Tapper on the set of CNN's The Lead.

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Not My Job: CNN's Jake Tapper Answers 3 Questions About Iowa

10:36am November 02, 2015

The game is called "You know, we still exist in nonelection years, too." Three questions about Iowa, where every four years the political press descends like a plague of locusts in sport coats.

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J.K. Rowling Explores Perils Of Fame In New Robert Galbraith Novel 'Career Of Evil'

9:58am November 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

J.K. Rowling has just published her third mystery under the pseudonym. This time, detective Cormoran Strike and his beautiful assistant are battling a serial killer — and their own dark pasts.

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Career of Evil, by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling).

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Writing 'Career Of Evil' Gave Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) Nightmares

9:50am November 02, 2015

by Barrie Hardymon

Rowling studied real criminal case studies to write the latest in the Cormoran Strike mystery series — "It was horrible," she says. But writing under a pseudonym remains "a very private pleasure."

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Annaleigh Ashford plays the title character — a poodle mix — in Sylvia, at the Cort Theatre in Broadway. Matthew Broderick plays the man who finds Sylvia in Central Park.

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Annaleigh Ashford Barks Up The Right Tree On Broadway

8:54am November 01, 2015

by Jeff Lunden

The Masters of Sex actress is no stranger to Broadway; in fact, she's already won a Tony. Now she's in her first starring role, in Sylvia — and prepping by watching her pet, because she plays a dog.

This life-sized porcelain image of the Virgin Mary was brought over from Italy in 1884.

The Madonna Of 115th Street Gets A Long-Awaited Makeover

8:41am November 01, 2015

by Jacki Lyden

The Blessed Mother at New York City's Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church has presided over her flock since 1884, and she's just gotten a makeover, complete with a designer gown of gold-embroidered satin.

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Southern California Finally Sees Rain — In A Museum

7:58am November 01, 2015

by Mandalit del Barco

It's come to this. If you want to see rain in Los Angeles, you have to go to a museum. Today, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens the exhibition, Rain Room, where water is not just life, it's art.

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'The Familiar Vol. 2' Is Better, Stronger ... Weirder

7:03am November 01, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Mark Z. Danielewski's epic saga (this is part two of a projected 27) is, on the surface, the story of a girl and her cat. But the typographical trickery and sheer weirdness make it much, much more.

Lynda Trang Dai sits inside her restaurant, Lynda Sandwich, in Orange County, Calif.

At This Sandwich Shop, A Vietnamese Pop Star Serves Up Banh Mi

5:38pm October 31, 2015

by Lisa Morehouse

Lynda Trang Dai, known as the "Vietnamese Madonna," performs around the world. Back home in California, she's got a different starring role: she's the only one to whip up her sandwiches' secret sauce.

A still image from Guillermo del Toro's new movie, Crimson Peak. Twenty-two percent of audiences on any given weekend are Latino. But when it comes to horror films, that proportion jumps to as much as half the box office.

Why Latinos Heart Horror Films

5:37pm October 31, 2015

by Vanessa Rancaño

Latino audiences can make or break horror films in the box office, but right now their presence behind the camera might be even more significant.

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An Election's High Stakes: Sandra Bullock On 'Our Brand Is Crisis'

3:03pm October 31, 2015

by NPR Staff

The Oscar-winner's new movie is set during an intense presidential race ... in Bolivia. She tells NPR's Scott Simon about her role as a legendary political strategist in Our Brand Is Crisis.

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