Arts & Life

Peter, Zelda, Thomas and Eva in City of Ghosts on Netflix.

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What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend watching, reading and listening

6:30pm December 03, 2021

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Netflix show "City of Ghosts," an iconic Twitter account and more.

Tanya AguiÃ±iga worked with indigenous communities in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico and in Alaska, but always felt drawn back to the border.

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Artists win awards for highlighting life on the border and reclaiming African art

6:08pm December 03, 2021

by Ashley Pointer

Tanya Aguiñiga's art explores what happens to people when they cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Sanford Biggers' works challenge the 'black-washing' of African history.

Lady Gaga stars as Patrizia Reggiani and Adam Driver as Maurizio Gucci in Ridley Scott's House of Gucci.

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Lady Gaga responds to criticism of her performance in 'House of Gucci'

5:35pm December 03, 2021

She stars in the film as the woman at the center of a scandal in the fashion world. But the actors' Italian accents have been panned and the Gucci family has criticized the way it was depicted.

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New technique uncovers the history of a painting through the paint used

5:18pm December 03, 2021

By analyzing white lead paint in Dutch paintings from the 1600s, including works by Rembrandt and Rubens, scientists were able to devise a new line of evidence for dating and authenticating paintings.

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Alec Baldwin and anchor George Stephanopoulos talk during the ABC News special Alec Baldwin Unscripted.

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Alec Baldwin says he's confident he's not at fault in 'Rust' shooting

2:52pm December 03, 2021

by Eric Deggans

In an hourlong interview on Thursday night, Baldwin maintained he didn't pull the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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'Fresh Air' remembers Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim (Part 3)

1:32pm December 03, 2021

by Terry Gross

We conclude our tribute to Sondheim by listening to archival interviews with collaborators and performers, including Stephen Colbert, James Lapine, Paul Gemignani and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Tom Daley said his work on knitting projects helped him stay calm between events at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He recently launched an online store, selling knitting kits.

Olympic diver and knitter Tom Daley launches his own online knitting shop

11:07am December 03, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The British diving star was often seen knitting at the Tokyo Olympics, where he won a gold medal. He sold doggie jumpers for charity; now the purler's going pro with a shop that sells knitting kits.

David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 film Selma, pictured here in a still from the film.

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What three films and their Black characters reveal about America's ideas on race

10:00am December 03, 2021

by Mallory Yu

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

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A file picture taken in January 2011 in Paris shows covers of some of the 42 foreign editions of the French fashion magazine "Elle", owned by French media conglomerate Lagardere.

Elle magazine says it will ban fur from its publications worldwide

7:32pm December 02, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

So far, 13 editions globally have implemented the ban, with 20 more set to do so by January 1. The magazine says the decision reflects changing tastes in fashion.

Suspect identified in shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, L.A. philanthropist

4:50pm December 02, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

Police have identified a suspect, Aariel Maynor, in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, after he was apprehended nearby.