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'The Go-Go's' Documentary Offers A Look At The All-Female Band's Journey To Stardom

4:33pm July 30, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with guitarist Charlotte Caffey and drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go's about the new documentary that charts the band's rise to global stardom.

What's Up, Doc? Bugs Bunny's Age. Cartoon Rabbit Turns 80

7:37am July 28, 2020

Bugs Bunny, the iconic cartoon character, made his official debut in the 1940 Oscar nominated short, The Wild Hare. The Looney Tunes standout was first voiced by actor Mel Blanc.

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The Rise, The Fall And The New Rise Of Drive-In Movie Theaters

6:13pm July 27, 2020

Outdoor movies have gained renewed popularity during the pandemic — 160 Walmart parking lots will become temporary drive-in movie theaters Saturday. NPR takes a look at the history of drive-in movies.

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Josephine Decker Releases A New Film About The Horror Writer Shirley Jackson

4:07pm July 27, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with filmmaker Josephine Decker about her new film. Shirley is a fictionalized story about the real writer Shirley Jackson, the author of the short story "The Lottery."

De Havilland rides a bicycle circa 1938.

Arts

Olivia De Havilland, One Of Hollywood's Longest Living Legends, Dies At 104

7:20pm July 26, 2020

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

The actress is best remembered for her role in Gone With the Wind, but the two-time Oscar winner also won a landmark decision that gave artists creative independence from studios.

Rosamund Pike plays Marie Curie in the new Amazon Studios biopic Radioactive.

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Like Her 'Radioactive' Elements, Marie Curie Didn't 'Behave' As Expected

3:00pm July 25, 2020

by Leila Fadel

Rosamund Pike plays the Nobel Prize-winning scientist in the biopic Radioactive. She took chemistry lessons ahead of time, and says it was refreshing to prepare for a role by getting "mentally fit."

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A mischievous nun (Imelda Staunton) welcomes a stranger into a decrepit house in the supernatural thriller Amulet.

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Terrific New Thrillers 'Amulet' And 'Relic' Explore Terrors Lurking Within The Home

11:25am July 24, 2020

by Justin Chang

Characters' living spaces are infected with dark spirits and become inescapable prisons in two new movies. Amulet is an intensely creepy revenge thriller, while Relic explores the horrors of dementia.

More Epic Than You May Think: Marie Curie's Biopic, 'Radioactive,' Reviewed

5:50pm July 23, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Radioactive seems like a straightforward biopic of physicist Marie Curie at first. But it becomes more complicated as the director uses flash-forwards to illustrate the effects of Curie's discoveries.

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Annie Ross, Mid-Century Jazz Icon, Dead At 89

3:04pm July 22, 2020

by James Gavin

Ross was recognized as a natural performer from an early age. She essentially never stopped.

l-r) John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in Warner Bros. Pictures' action epic "TENET," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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Christopher Nolan's Sci-Fi Thriller 'Tenet' Delayed Indefinitely

9:28pm July 20, 2020

by Bob Mondello

The new movie from the maker of Dunkirk and the Dark Knight Trilogy has been delayed yet again, with no new release date announced. This may end hopes of a Hollywood summer blockbuster season