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Trevor Timm: When It Comes To Government, How Much Do We Have The Right To Know?

9:47am December 01, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Whistleblowers who expose government wrongdoing often risk prosecution. Journalist Trevor Timm says the press can't truly act in the public interest if sources fear speaking out.

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Leilani Schweitzer: How Can Hospitals Be More Transparent About Medical Errors?

9:47am December 01, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Leilani Schweitzer lost her son due to a medical error. She says the hospital's honesty and openness helped her heal. She now works to provide that level of honesty to patients at the same hospital.

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Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer play cleaning ladies Elisa and Zelda in The Shape of Water.

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Guillermo Del Toro Says 'Shape Of Water' Is An Antidote For Today's Cynicism

5:04am December 01, 2017

by Tori Whitley

In the Mexican director's latest film, a mute cleaning lady befriends a sea creature who is able to communicate without words. "The movie is about connecting with 'the other,' " del Toro says.

An FDA report warns dog owners of the dangers of "bone treats," which are often cooked or dried and made with flavoring and preservatives.

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FDA Says 'Stay!' ... Away From 'Bone Treats'

5:17pm November 30, 2017

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

In addition to guidance to avoid brittle chicken and turkey bones, the FDA says "bone treats," which they distinguish from uncooked butcher bones, can cause harm, sickness and sometimes death.

Nothing's Gonna Tear Them Apart, Lisa: Greg (Dave Franco) and Tommy (James Franco) wait for the lights to go down in The Disaster Artist.

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'The Disaster Artist' Is 'The Room' Where It Happened

5:00pm November 30, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Director/star James Franco fondly — and hilariously — chronicles the making of the cult-movie fiasco The Room, evincing a deep understanding of the unhinged ambition at its core. (Go figure.)

Kate Winslet as Ginny, a 1950s waitress on the verge of spinning out, in Wonder Wheel.

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Woodyland In Bad Decline: 'Wonder Wheel'

5:00pm November 30, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Woody Allen's film about an unhappily married woman in 1950s Coney Island strains to evoke Eugene O'Neill. Critic Andrew Lapin says Wonder Wheel "isn't merely a bad movie but a laughable one."

Sherwan Haji as Khaled, a young Syrian refugee in Helsinki.

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'The Other Side Of Hope': Finding Haven — And Hamachi — in Helsinki

5:00pm November 30, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Finnish writer/director Ali Kaurismaki follows up his 2011 film The Havre with a darker, but still comic, variation on a similar theme — a character fleeing bloody conflict gets taken in by a group of outcasts.

Jim Nabors, in a 1964 episode of Gomer, U.S.M.C., getting chewed out by Frank Sutton as Gunnery Sgt. Vince Carter.

Jim Nabors, Who Played Affable Klutz Gomer Pyle, Dies At 87

2:46pm November 30, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The actor and singer starred as Pyle for years — first in The Andy Griffith Show, then in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Nabors parlayed the stardom of the beloved goof into a long career on stage, TV and film.

Jonathan Bethony bakes his whole grain breads in a wood-fired oven, heated to about 500 degrees, to help the weighty loaves rise.

'The Hardest Bakery Possible': Reinventing The Meaning Of 'Whole Grain'

1:19pm November 30, 2017

by Whitney Pipkin

A handful of bakeries are pushing the envelope of what's possible — and palatable — by leaving the bran and germ in freshly milled grains from local farmers, who also help drive the menu.

The nominees for the first-ever Aspen Words Literary Prize have been announced.

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First-Ever Aspen Words Literary Prize Unveils Its List Of Nominees

12:51pm November 30, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The annual prize, in its inaugural year, will be awarded to one work of fiction. For the next few months, 20 books remain in contention — including works by Jesmyn Ward, Roxane Gay and Lisa Ko.