Movies

Actor and musician Riz Ahmed spoke with host Audie Cornish in front of a live audience at Murmrr in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Arts

Riz Ahmed On Rapping, Acting And Being His (Sometimes Shirtless) 'Most Complex Self'

5:13pm October 23, 2018

by Audie Cornish

He's the first South Asian man to win an acting Emmy. He's now starring in Venom. He's also known as Riz MC. And he's "not just being shackled to a two-dimensional idea" of his hyphenate identity.

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Actor Paul Dano Steps Behind The Camera In 'Wildlife'

5:13pm October 22, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Actor Paul Dano will make his directorial debut with Wildlife, a drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, about the shredding of a marriage as seen through the eyes of the couple's son.

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Melissa McCarthy stars with Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me? -- a film about literary forger Lee Israel.

Arts

'Pleasant' Doesn't Interest Melissa McCarthy: 'Who Wants To Watch That?'

2:28pm October 22, 2018

by Terry Gross

McCarthy likes to take on "three-dimensional, flawed" characters. Otherwise, she says, "there's nothing to sink your teeth into." She stars as a caustic literary forger in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaks with reporters on the red carpet for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony, held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Arts

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Of 'Veep,' 'Seinfeld' Fame, Receives Mark Twain Prize

10:13am October 22, 2018

by Elizabeth Blair

The comic actress was presented with the humor award in a star-studded ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night.

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Amandla Stenberg stars as Starr Carter in the film adaptation of Angie Thomas' young adult novel The Hate U Give.

Arts

'The Hate U Give' Star Says The Novel Was Like 'Reading My Own Diary'

5:26pm October 20, 2018

by Elizabeth Blair

Like protagonist Starr Carter, Amandla Stenberg grew up in a black neighborhood, but attended an overwhelmingly white school. She stars in the adaptation of the novel about a fatal police shooting.

Watch out, Michael Myers, Laurie Strode [Jamie Lee Curtis] is ready for you.

Arts

This 'Halloween,' Jamie Lee Curtis Reckons With 40 Years Of Trauma

4:38pm October 19, 2018

by Audie Cornish

Michael Myers is back and, so is Laurie Strode. Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 when she starred in the original Halloween. This sequel ignores the others to focus on what has happened to Laurie since 1978.

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'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Is A Rare Gem: A Sweet Film About A Mean Person

1:33pm October 19, 2018

by Justin Chang

A new film features Melissa McCarthy as a misanthropic con artist who forges letters from famous authors. Critic Justin Chang feels like McCarthy's entire career has been working toward this role.

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John Carpenter (center) directed and wrote the score for the horror classic Halloween, and wrote the score for its 2018 sequel.

Music & Culture

John Carpenter On The Enduring Sound Of 'Halloween'

5:22am October 19, 2018

by Tim Greiving

The original Halloween score is one of the most enduring horror scores ever written. John Carpenter, who directed that movie and wrote its score, has now written the score for the film's 2018 sequel.

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Arts

Kobe Bryant Removed As Animation Festival Juror After Protest Over Past Allegations

9:10pm October 18, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

A petition launched by "women and allies in the animation community" demanded "that accused rapist and sexual predator Kobe Bryant be removed" from the Animation Is Us festival.

"I ... am! Your singing tel-a-gram!": Michael Myers (Nick Castle) pays a visit to Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in David Gordon Green's Halloween.

Arts

'Halloween': This Time, Laurie Strode Is Locked And Loaded

6:46pm October 18, 2018

by Monica Castillo

Critic Monica Castillo says this Halloween sequel takes as its true subject the lingering effects of the trauma Jamie Lee Curtis' character experienced in the 1978 original. (Also there's stabbing.)