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Robert Kennedy In His Own Words

2:04pm June 04, 2018

"Memories of Robert Kennedy have been summoned over the fifty years since his death, by biographers, painters, filmmakers, novelists and tabloid scribblers — and by virtually every Democratic candidate for president since 1968," write the authors of a new book of Robert Kennedy's speeches.

Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife, Sophie Hunter, were riding in an Uber when the 41-year-old actor jumped out of the vehicle after he spotted a mugging on Marylebone High Street in London.

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'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Saves Cyclist From Muggers

2:59pm June 02, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The British actor fought off attackers attempting to steal a delivery driver's bike in London. A witness to the incident calls Cumberbatch courageous, brave and a superhero.

'American Animals' Uses Documentary Techniques To Tell Story Of Kentucky Book Heist

5:08pm June 01, 2018

by Bob Mondello

NPR critic Bob Mondello reviews American Animals. It's a heist film that uses actors to tell a true story, and also uses the real perpetrators to comment on its storytelling.

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Arquette: After Rejecting Weinstein, 'I Had A Completely Different Career'

11:13pm May 31, 2018

Rosanna Arquette, one of the first actresses to come forward regarding a sexually abusive encounter with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, says the charges against him aren't the result of a "witch hunt."

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American Animals tells the mostly-true story of four young boys who attempt to pull off a rare book heist. (L-R: Jared Abrahamson, Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, Barry Keoghan)

Arts

Life Tries Clumsily To Imitate Art In 'American Animals'

5:01pm May 31, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

A heist isn't as easy as the movies might lead you to believe. That's the lesson learned by four brats who try to steal expensive rare books in a fact-based story about being terrible at crime.

In A Kid Like Jake, Greg (Jim Parsons) is the father of a child engaging in gender expansive play.

Arts

'A Kid Like Jake' Doesn't Have Enough Jake

5:01pm May 31, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

A film about rich parents using their child's gender expression to get him into preschool doesn't spend enough time getting to know Jake or enough time looking closely at his parents.

The celebrated french sculptor Auguste Rodin (played by Vincent Lindon) is the subject of the aptly titled Rodin. The film tells the story of the artist's romance with Camille Claudel.

Arts

'Rodin' Shines As A Story Of Both Artist And Art

5:00pm May 31, 2018

by Ella Taylor

While many biographies of artists focus on their tortured personal lives, Rodin maintains a close focus on sculpture itself and what makes it last.

In Adrift, two free-spirited lovers (Sam Claflin, Shailene Woodley) take an ambitious sailing trip...that's complicated by the arrival of a hurricane.

Arts

'Adrift' In Time And Water, Lovers Battle To Find A Course

5:00pm May 31, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Adrift, starring Sam Claflin and Shailene Woodley, could have been a generic disaster film, if not for some clever editing that helps pull together its themes.

Arts

A Birdbrained Library Heist Is Suffused With Irony In 'American Animals'

2:12pm May 31, 2018

by David Edelstein

In 2004, four young men stole rare art books valued at more than three-quarters of a million dollars from a college library. American Animals blends fiction and documentary to retell the story.

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André Leon Talley remembers paging through Vogue for the first time as a child — it was like falling down a "rabbit hole" into "a world of glamour," he says. Talley is the subject of a new documentary called The Gospel According to André. He is shown

Arts

For 'Vogue' Titan André Leon Talley, Fashion Was A 'Gateway To The World'

1:27pm May 31, 2018

by Terry Gross

Talley felt like a misfit growing up — until he stumbled upon a copy of the iconic fashion magazine. Paging through Vogue, he says, was like traveling down a "rabbit hole" into "a world of glamour."