Arts & Life

Arts

'Storm Lake' documentary depicts the triumph and struggle of a local newspaper

1:34pm November 12, 2021

by Dave Davies

Journalist Art Cullen discusses the battle to keep print news alive in small-town America. Cullen runs Iowa's Storm Lake Times, along with his brother. Originally broadcast Sept. 16, 2021.

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Elliot Ackerman was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Medal for Valor and the Purple Heart for his military service.

A Marine veteran says the contradictions of war can make you feel insane

12:41pm November 12, 2021

by Terry Gross

Elliot Ackerman served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, during which time, he says, he witnessed the absolute worst — as well as the absolute best — that human beings are capable of.

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Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell play an unethical therapist and his conflict-averse client in The Shrink Next Door.

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'The Shrink Next Door' amounts to less than the sum of its parts

8:03am November 12, 2021

by Eric Deggans

The new Apple TV+ series feels far removed from the comedies Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd have become known for.

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#FreeBritney activists outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse during Spears' hearing in September, when a judge suspended Spears' father from her conservatorship.

What to look out for in Britney Spears' conservatorship hearing today

6:18am November 12, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The pop-star's father, Jamie Spears, was suspended from the conservatorship in September. Now it's possible the arrangement could be dissolved entirely at a hearing later today.

Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) and Alex (Jennifer Aniston) are back together at the desk, but not for long.

Arts

'The Morning Show' recap, Season 2, Episode 9: In memoriam

6:01am November 12, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Alex is back from Italy and breathing all over everyone. Bradley takes on Maggie in an interview that is meant to seem a lot cooler than it is.

Composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter with a page from his ...(Iphigenia) score.

Wayne Shorter's operatic dream comes true, brought to life with Esperanza Spalding

8:39pm November 11, 2021

by Andrea Shea

Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has completed a long-held dream, an opera based on the mythic Greek character Iphigenia, with help from singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

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Books
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Children's book 'Calvin' shows how a community can embrace a trans child's identity

8:35am November 11, 2021

Authors JR and Vanessa Ford's experience with their own child coming out inspired the story of the young transgender protagonist in their new children's book.

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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

For classical stars Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, representation matters

8:14am November 11, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Pianist Isata and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason are British sibling classical virtuosos. Still in their twenties, the star soloists have just released their first joint album.

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Astroworld's safety plan called for deceased to be referred to as "smurfs"

9:18pm November 10, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Security experts say that given the track record of Travis Scott's audience at the same festival in 2019, promoter Live Nation should have anticipated some dangerous crowd behavior.

Will Smith looks back on his life in the memoir, Will. "Those difficulties and those traumas and the mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today," he says.

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Will Smith says he crafted a joyful image to cover the pain of the past

3:35pm November 10, 2021

by Tonya Mosley

As a child, Smith watched helplessly as his father beat his mother. The experience shaped him: "The mental anguish that I had to overcome was a big part of me growing into the person I am today."

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