Arts & Life

After The Ferguson Decision, A Poem That Gives Name To The Hurt

6:22pm November 28, 2014

by Syreeta McFadden

This week, a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who killed Michael Brown. Writer Syreeta McFadden turns to Audre Lorde's poetry to make sense of this decision.

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A drawing of two clinking martini glasses.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Kid Stuff And Leftover Outtakes

10:21am November 28, 2014

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, Guy Raz of NPR's TED Radio Hour joins us to talk about kids' movies and the cultural fascination with outtakes.

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Mae West is said to have worn these super platform shoes both on screen and off.

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Gold-Plated Gowns And 8-inch Pumps: The Stuff That Made Starlets Shimmer

7:16am November 28, 2014

by Susan Stamberg

Actress Mae West was petite, but on screen — thanks to a pair of platform shoes — she looked larger than life. A show in Boston examines the fashion and jewelry of Hollywood's golden age.

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Rameses (Joel Edgerton) and his wife Nefertari (Golshifteh Farahani) try to save their stricken child, a victim of one of the plagues, in Exodus: Gods And Kings.

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The Holiday Films Are Coming, From 'Moses' To 'Annie'

7:57pm November 27, 2014

by Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello offers a selective preview of what Hollywood has in store for the holidays. There are musicals, there are biopics, and the seas literally will part.

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'Queen Of Crime' PD James Was A Master Of Her Craft

7:12pm November 27, 2014

A remembrance of murder mystery writer PD James, who died Thursday at her home in Oxford, England.

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For P.D. James, A Good Mystery Celebrated Human Intelligence

12:12pm November 27, 2014

The British author of best-selling detective stories has died at age 94. "In a sense, the detective story is a small celebration of reason and order in our very disorderly world," she told NPR.

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Author P.D. James, whose publisher says died at age 94.

British Mystery Novelist P.D. James Dies At 94

11:32am November 27, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The author of such books as The Black Tower was best-known for her series featuring Scotland Yard detective Adam Dalgliesh.

Candace Cameron Bure and David O'Donnell star in Hallmark's Christmas Under Wraps, which airs Saturday on The Hallmark Channel.

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Christmas Bells Are Ringing, And Cable Holiday Movies Are Unrelenting

7:36pm November 26, 2014

by Linda Holmes

Christmas cable movies are a genre unto themselves. We take a look at some of the Hallmark (and other) romances that are surprisingly big business this time of year.

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Keira Knightley, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Allen Leech in The Imitation Game.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Lifts Above Biopic Formula In 'Imitation Game'

7:25pm November 26, 2014

by David Edelstein

Cumberbatch stars as British mathematician and World War II code breaker Alan Turing in a film directed by Morten Tyldum and co-staring Keira Knightley as Turing's comrade in arms.

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Sandwich Monday: The Thanksgiving Hot Durkey

6:15pm November 26, 2014

by Peter Sagal

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we make our own holiday turkey — out of hot dogs.