Arts & Life

Motivational speaker Tony Robbins, shown in California in 2010, is the author of numerous self-help books. His latest is Money.

Arts

Not My Job: Tony Robbins Gets Quizzed On Laziness

5:12pm May 18, 2015

The life coach behind the Unleash the Power Within seminars has built his career around motivating people. We invited the go-getter to answer three questions about incredibly lazy people.

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A federal court has dissolved an order that forced Google-owned YouTube to take down the controversial "Innocence of Muslims" video. The ruling rejects copyright claims from Cindy Lee Garcia, an actress in the video.

Google Wins Copyright And Speech Case Over 'Innocence Of Muslims' Video

3:58pm May 18, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A federal appeals court has reversed an order that forced Google-owned YouTube to take down a trailer for a controversial anti-Muslim video last year.

Arts

'Mad Men' Ends, Singing A Familiar Song

2:48pm May 18, 2015

by Linda Holmes

The multiple-Emmy-winning drama series ended on Sunday night with a finale that saw change in some corners and a total lack of change in others.

Jars of Terressentia bourbon wait for final production. Terressentia uses a process to artificially "age" its bourbon in a few hours, forgoing traditional aging, which takes years.

South Carolina Distiller Promises To Make Kentucky Liquor Quicker

1:04pm May 18, 2015

by Cass Herrington

A company called Terressentia that uses a chemical process to age bourbon not in years — but in hours — is unsettling an industry that is long-soaked in history and tradition.

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Hailee Steinfeld played Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers' 2010 version of True Grit.

Arts

A 13-Year-Old, A Burlap Dress And A Career Launch That Took 'Grit'

12:38pm May 18, 2015

by Daniel Hajek

Ethan and Joel Coen spent months searching for the right actress to play Mattie Ross in their 2010 film True Grit. Then, just weeks before filming, Hailee Steinfeld showed up — dressed in character.

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Books
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Call It A Prose Ceremony: 'Bachelor' Host Writes A Novel

11:12am May 18, 2015

by NPR Staff

Chris Harrison's new book is an amusing romance novel — and a ripe excuse for us to ask some lingering questions about the reality show juggernaut that's made him famous.

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Arts

Souped-Up Vehicles And Road Warriors Reign In 'Mad Max: Fury Road'

10:09am May 18, 2015

by David Edelstein

It has been 36 years since the first Mad Max film crash landed into theaters. David Edelsein says the forth installment of the series is "basically one long chase with ever more insane variables."

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In Chad Hodge's new Fox series, Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) travels to Wayward Pines, Idaho, in search of two missing federal agents.

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TV Thriller 'Wayward Pines' Offers Suspense — And An Ending

8:56pm May 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

Chad Hodge, the creator of the 10-episode limited series, promises that it won't leave viewers hanging. "One thing that I really wanted to do with this show is not cheat you as a viewer," he says.

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Arts

A Puzzle That Takes You Around The Globe

10:44am May 17, 2015

by Will Shortz

Every answer is the name of a country. For each word given, ignore the vowels. The consonants, in order from left to right, are the same consonants in the same order as in the country.

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Watching Joan (Christina Hendricks, left) and Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) navigate the sexism of a 1960s ad agency is part of what has kept audiences hooked on Mad Men.

Arts

'Mad Men' Writer: Show's Female Characters Aren't Thinking About Feminism

10:44am May 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

"They're very much in their own lives," says Semi Chellas, who is also the show's co-executive producer. The AMC period drama ends its seventh and final season on Sunday.

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