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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward and the complex legacy of 'The Last Movie Stars'

5:00am July 21, 2022

by Linda Holmes

A new documentary series directed by Ethan Hawke is a close examination of the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, one of Hollywood's most revered long marriages.

Books

'The Disney Revolt' details animators' 1941 strike against Disney

6:24am July 19, 2022

by Barry Gordemer

A new book by Jake Friedman documents a bitter strike in 1941 by Disney animators who wanted to unionize. The book is titled, The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation's Golden Age.

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There's a lingering mystery hanging over the author of "Where the Crawdads Sing," now adapted into a film.

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Arts

Questions linger over 'Where the Crawdads Sing' author as film adaptation is released

6:02am July 18, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Resurfaced news about author Delia Owen may overshadow the film adaptation of Where The Crawdads Sing, her bestselling 2018 novel about a young woman raised in the marshes of North Carolina

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Books

Ron Shelton remembers his movie 'Bull Durham' in new memoir 'The Church of Baseball'

9:38am July 16, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon speaks with Ron Shelton, who wrote and directed "Bull Durham." Shelton's new memoir about the movie is called "The Church of Baseball."

National

Hannah Marks' road trip film follows a familiar path — with a few unexpected exits

4:49pm July 15, 2022

Hannah Marks directs John Cho and Mia Isaac in Amazon's new film Don't Make Me Go, a comedic but melancholy story of a father and daughter's road trip across America.

Arts

Ryan Gosling deserves better than the snarky action thriller 'The Gray Man'

1:49pm July 15, 2022

by Justin Chang

Gosling plays an assassin being chased by other assassins. That sounds exciting, but it isn't; it's a pileup of self-admiring one-liners and insanely violent but weirdly inconsequential action scenes.

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Arts

'The Gray Man' review: Even on-screen assassins need something to believe in

5:00am July 15, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The action-packed thriller starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans is clever, stylish and fun to watch. But it's still missing something essential.

"You have the proportions of a model," the fitter tells cleaning lady Ada Harris (Lesley Manville). Her reply: "Model railway, more like."

Dreaming of Dior, a charwoman follows her bliss in 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'

5:00am July 14, 2022

by Bob Mondello

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London sets her heart on a designer dress in this charm-filled adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1958 novel.

U.S. soccer legend Briana Scurry opens up about head injury that changed her life

11:26pm July 13, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with soccer great Briana Scurry about The Only, a new Paramount+ documentary about her stardom and struggles after the U.S. Women's Soccer's historic 1999 World Cup win.

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A makeshift memorial sits beneath a mural of late Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen in Fort Worth, Texas in July 2020.

National

#IAmVanessaGuillen documentary explores the culture of toxicity at Fort Hood

12:23pm July 12, 2022

by A Martínez

The murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillén shed a light on the widespread problem of sexual misconduct in the military. A new documentary in English and Spanish looks at what's changed and what work remains.

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