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This image released by A24 Films shows, from left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan in a scene from Everything Everywhere All At Once.

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Golden Globe nominations are led by 'Banshees,' 'Everything Everywhere'

9:53am December 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

After scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray and knocked its annual award show off television for a year, the Golden Globes geared up Monday for its return.

'The Swimmers' is a biographical drama about 2 sisters who flee Syria

5:00am December 12, 2022

The Netflix film The Swimmers is the story of Yusra and Sara Mardini, sisters and elite swimmers who flee Syria during the civil war. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nathalie Issa, who plays Yusra.

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Actor LeVar Burton on receiving a lifetime achievement Emmy Award

7:55am December 11, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with actor LeVar Burton, who has appeared in "Roots," "Star Trek" and the children's T.V. series "Reading Rainbow." He'll receive a lifetime achievement Emmy Award tonight.

The sound of Iñárritu's 'Bardo'

6:05pm December 10, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu teamed up with sound designer Martin Hernandez to create a unique soundscape for his new film Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.

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Guillermo del Toro says making his 'Pinocchio' was healing

5:07pm December 10, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with award-winning director, Guillermo del Toro, about his new stop-motion animated film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

Matt Rogers in Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading

8:50pm December 09, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: South Side, Treasure Planet, the Sight & Sound film list, Matt Rogers and more.

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We listen back to an interview with George Clooney, now a Kennedy Center Honoree

2:15pm December 09, 2022

by Terry Gross

Clooney was among the recipients of the 45th Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday. He appeared on Fresh Air in 2005, after he directed, co-wrote and co-starred in Good Night, and Good Luck.

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Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce Bogtrotter and Meesha Garbett as Hortensia in Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.

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Kids really can change the world — just ask 'Pinocchio' and 'Matilda'

2:15pm December 09, 2022

by Justin Chang

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, adapted from the popular stage show, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, a stop-motion animated version of the classic fairy tale, are both coming to Netflix.

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'The Whale' garners controversy for not casting an actor with obesity as the lead

10:44am December 09, 2022

"The Whale," is a movie that tells the story of a 600-pound man estranged from his teenage daughter. The filmmakers have been criticized for not casting an obese actor in the role.

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Movie Review: 'Empire of Light'

4:19pm December 08, 2022

by Bob Mondello

"Empire of Light" is director Sam Mendes' tribute to cinema. Actress Olivia Colman plays a slowly unraveling employee at Britain's Empire Theater in the 1980s.