Arts & Life

No Floats, No Problem: How New Orleans Is Celebrating A Pandemic Mardi Gras

7:54am January 30, 2021

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mardi Gras parade organizer Devin De Wulf, whose organization, Krewe of Red Beans, is decorating locals homes as floats, and donating the money they earn to local artists.

Denzel Washington and Rami Malek are an unlikely pair on the hunt for a serial killer in The Little Things.

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'The Little Things' Is A Star-Studded, Old-School Serial Killer Thriller

6:06pm January 29, 2021

by Justin Chang

Set in the 1990s, this slickly made drama starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto may look like a retread, but it feels more like a weirdly enveloping trip down memory lane.

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Hank Azaria On 'Brockmire' And Why He No Longer Performs Apu On 'The Simpsons'

1:43pm January 29, 2021

by Dave Davies

Azaria's voiced dozens of Simpsons' characters. In the IFC series Brockmire he plays a troubled baseball announcer who always speaks in his broadcaster voice. Originally broadcast March 17, 2020.

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Amanda Gorman, the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate, recited her poetry at President Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.

Amanda Gorman — And Poetry — Will Be Part Of Super Bowl LV

1:08pm January 29, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Fresh from her burst into the literary stratosphere after her appearance at President Biden's inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman will recite a new poem during the Super Bowl LV pre-show next Sunday.

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Uptop: The Kids Are Alright

12:34pm January 29, 2021

You think your kids are great? Ophira and Jonathan discuss their children's latest accomplishments in stock trading and book writing.

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Music In The Air

12:34pm January 29, 2021

From the NBC musical comedy Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, actors Skylar Astin and John Clarence Stewart test their knowledge of popular songs and unconventional instruments.

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Truefalseology

12:34pm January 29, 2021

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist actors Skylar Astin and John Clarence Stewart are ready to hit the books in a game where they must determine real or fake niche areas of study.

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Film At 11

12:34pm January 29, 2021

Ophira and Jonathan pretend to be news anchors reporting on bizarre scenarios based on movie plots while comedians Cameron Esposito and Beth Stelling try to guess the film.

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Erroneous Atlas

12:34pm January 29, 2021

Road trip! Comedians Cameron Esposito (Queery podcast) and Beth Stelling (HBO Max Girl Daddy) navigate a multiple-choice game about maps.

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Ken Jeong

12:34pm January 29, 2021

Ken Jeong talks about his journey from studying medicine to becoming an actor and chats about being a panelist on The Masked Singer.

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