Arts & Life

A Writer Taps The Power Of Narrative At A Massachusetts Hospital

8:04am April 25, 2020

by Scott Simon

Suzanne Koven, a medical doctor and Massachusetts General Hospital's first writer in residence, says the healthcare center is the setting for thousands of real-life stories.

Allison Janney arrives for the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, Calif.

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Not My Job: 'Bad Education' Star Allison Janney Gets Quizzed On 'Dad Education'

7:55am April 25, 2020

Allison Janney is now starring in the HBO film Bad Education, so we've invited her to play a game called "Dad Education": three questions about the wonderful things people learn from dads.

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'Girl Gone Viral' Is A Peach Of A Read

7:00am April 25, 2020

by Denny S. Bryce

In Alisha Rai's latest, a former model escapes unwanted viral fame by hiding out with her bodyguard, on his family's peach farm. It's packed with humor, drama — and a pair of very sexy eyebrows.

Ellis Greer stitched this costume for the Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2019 production of Hamlet. A survey found 95% of artists like Greer have experienced income loss as a result of COVID-19.

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'I Am Mourning The Loss': Two-Thirds Of Artists Report They're Now Unemployed

4:34pm April 24, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

A leading U.S. arts organization released a survey of more than 10,000 artists and creative workers on Friday. It found 95% of them have experienced income loss as a result of COVID-19.

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Remembering Tony Award-Winning Character Actor Brian Dennehy

2:32pm April 24, 2020

by David Bianculli

The burly actor, who died April 15, played the leading role in Death of a Salesman, in both the Broadway production as well as the 2000 TV movie. Dennehy spoke to David Bianculli in 1999.

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Speeches And Songs: Oscars Edition

1:52pm April 24, 2020

Comedians Mitra Jouhari (Three Busy Debras) and Whitmer Thomas (The Golden One) play an audio game that mashes up movie monologues with popular songs.

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Leaders And Rad Eels

1:52pm April 24, 2020

Comedians Mitra Jouhari and Whitmer Thomas unscramble names of past and present world leaders in this anagram game.

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Love Is A Four Letter Word, Part 2

1:52pm April 24, 2020

Comedians Alyssa Limperis and May Wilkerson join Jonathan Colton for a music parody game that replaces the word "Love" in song titles with other four-letter words beginning with the letter L.

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Stars In The Stars

1:52pm April 24, 2020

Hey now, it's all-stars versus all stars in this rhyming word game. Comedians Alyssa Limperis and May Wilkerson get their game on; go play.

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Orville Peck

1:52pm April 24, 2020

Country singer Orville Peck talks about his many (literal) masks, and explains what country music and punk rock have in common.

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