Arts & Life

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Wondering How Much Your Pokemon Cards Are Worth? You May Need To Wait

8:05am May 08, 2021

There has been a trading card accreditation bonanza that is leading to massive backlogs, hiring shortages, and big money as people seek to determine the worth of their Pokemon cards.

Jim Henson, the puppeteer behind Ernie, and Frank Oz, the longtime voice of Bert, on the set of Sesame Street.

Arts

The Story of 'Sesame Street': From Radical Experiment To Beloved TV Mainstay

8:00am May 08, 2021

A new documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street recounts how the classic program reinvented children's television and continues to interpret the world with authenticity.

Symone, winner of season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race.

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Not My Job: We Quiz 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Winner Symone On Fixing Sinks

7:58am May 08, 2021

Symone is brilliant in the art of lip synch, so we've invited her to play a game called "Lip synch meet fix sink." Three questions about plumbers.

The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba, by Chanel Cleeton

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'The Most Beautiful Girl In Cuba' Steps Out Of The Headlines And Onto The Page

7:00am May 08, 2021

by Denny S. Bryce

The Spanish-American war serves as the backdrop for Chanel Cleeton's new novel, which follows a real-life rebel named Evangelina Cisneros, who attracted a lot of attention from American newspapers.

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Compassion Is The True Test Of A Person In 'Second Place'

5:00am May 08, 2021

by Heller McAlpin

Rachel Cusk follows her acclaimed Outline trilogy with this story about a woman whose lifelong obsession with a truculent painter is tested when he comes to stay at a cottage on her property.

Arts

Stories About Mothers, Featuring Trevor Noah, Martin Scorsese And More

1:25pm May 07, 2021

by Terry Gross

Fresh Air celebrates Mother's Day with stories of mom from past interviews with Noah, Scorsese and filmmaker Albert Brooks. Plus, Lorna Luft remembers her mother, Judy Garland.

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Arts

'Attenborough's Journey' Salutes The Broadcaster With A Passion For Nature

1:25pm May 07, 2021

by David Bianculli

Sir David Attenborough is TV's longest-running nature host with credits than span 70 years. A new BBC America special follows his path, from a nature-obsessed kid to a world-renowned broadcaster.

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L to R: Walter/Brainwave (Ben Daniels) and Sheldon/The Utopian (Josh Duhamel) agree to table their discussion in Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy.

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'Jupiter's Legacy' Decodes The Superhero Genre Without Subverting It

8:05am May 07, 2021

by Glen Weldon

There are lots of familiar trappings in Netflix's latest "realistic superheroes" series, but the way it grapples with the moral code at the heart of the superhero genre sets it apart.

The historical Yasuke was a warrior who served the 16th-century Japanese feudal lord Oda Nobunaga.

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A Black Samurai Fighting Giant Mechas? 'Yasuke' Asks, Why Not?

5:00am May 07, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The new Netflix series mashes up the story of a real-life Black samurai with giant mechas and wizards — Thomas calls it "Trojan horse-ing" the real history through the medium of Japanese anime.

The Bad Batch follows an elite, hard-bitten squad of genetically mutated clones who rebel against the Empire.

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In The Mood To Binge? Here Are 4 Shows To Watch Now

5:00am May 07, 2021

by Eric Deggans

From HBO's two-part documentary on the opioid epidemic to a Star Wars spin-off, here are four shows that represent some of the best 2021 has to offer so far.