Arts & Life

Lola Kirke appears on the Ask Me Another stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Arts

Lola Kirke: Mozart In The Puzzle

12:55pm February 16, 2018

Lola Kirke talks about "fake playing" the oboe on 'Mozart in the Jungle,' and portraying one of the only woman conductors on television. Then we challenge her to a game about real and fake operas.

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Jonathan Coulton leads the music game during Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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It's Party Time

12:55pm February 16, 2018

Identify the occasion that Jonathan Coulton is singing about and, for a bonus point, name the original song or artist he's parodying.

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House musician Jonathan Coulton is put to the test by Ophira Eisenberg on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

Arts

Wisdom Of The Crowd

12:55pm February 16, 2018

We polled audiences at The Bell House on a variety of questions and averaged their responses. That collective wisdom goes up against one-man house band Jonathan Coulton. Whose estimate is closer?

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Contestants Michael Serafino and Ciera Velarde play a game on the Ask Me Another stage at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Mandela Effect

11:53am February 16, 2018

We ask questions about popular instances of the Mandela Effect, and contestants dive into their memories in order to sort fact from fiction.

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Puzzle Guru Art Chung leads the final round on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York.

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It's Element-ary

11:53am February 16, 2018

Time to brush up on your chemistry: the answer to each final round question contains an element from the periodic table. Isn't it iron-ic, don't you think?

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An American Marriage explores themes of love, race and criminal justice.

Books
Arts

An American Marriage: Redefining The American Love Story

10:02am February 16, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Tayari Jones' new novel tells a story of love, race, justice and what happens when "normal" people come face-to-face with the unthinkable.

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Jeffrey Tambor Officially Exits 'Transparent' Following Claims Of Misconduct

6:28pm February 15, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The actor earned plaudits for his turn as a trans woman in the Amazon series. But his future with the show had been in doubt since multiple sexual harassment claims surfaced against him last fall.

A soon-to-be-divorced couple looks for their runaway son (Matvey Novikov) in Loveless, a pitch-black Russian drama that earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film.

Arts

A Missing Child, A Dying Marriage And A 'Loveless' Society

5:23pm February 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Russia's contender for a best foreign language film Oscar is a bleak and searing indictment of Russian society, told through the eyes of a rancorous married couple.

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Ticket Sales For Marvel's 'Black Panther' Are Superhero-Sized

5:14pm February 15, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Advance ticket sales for super-hero movies are always super-sized, but even accounting for that, Marvel's Black Panther is breaking records. Civic groups have been buying out whole screenings so that African-American children can experience the film together.

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Hognob (Nick Park) and Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) in Early Man, a pre-historic animated feature from the the co-director of Chicken Run.

Arts

'Early Man' Is A Mammoth Delight

5:01pm February 15, 2018

by Scott Tobias

In the age of digital animation, Nick Park and his team at Aardman are still animating with their actual digits; this lovingly made tale of a prehistoric soccer rivalry is full of charm.