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Vogue editor and fashion icon André Leon Tally attends The CW: It's A Reality at Simyone Lounge on February 23, 2010 in New York City.

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A treasure of the fashion world, André Leon Talley was impossible to ignore

2:31pm January 19, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

André Leon Talley was a towering figure in fashion who spoke up about Black representation and the fashion industry's toll on Black people. He passed away on Jan. 18, 2022.

When TikTok user Nathan Evans posted his rendition of "Wellerman," it inspired a huge wave of sea shanty-singing videos on the app.

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'Garbage trends' clog the internet — and they may be here to stay

8:34am January 19, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Sea shanties, the word "cheugy," feta pasta and "RushTok" were all fleeting internet obsessions over the past year. But what do such "garbage trends" say about our cultural condition?

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In 2007, Vogue magazine editor at large André Leon Talley attends a post-Fashion Week panel discussion on the lack of Black images in the current fashion output in New York. Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magaz

Influential fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies at 73

1:17am January 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

André Leon Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was a regular in the front row of fashion shows in New York and Europe.

Sophie (Hilary Duff) and Valentina (Francia Raisa) star in How I Met Your Father, premiering Jan. 18 on Hulu.

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'How I Met Your Father' tries to learn from a 'Mother' of mistakes

12:30pm January 18, 2022

by Linda Holmes

Years after the How I Met Your Mother finale left us with bad feelings, How I Met Your Father is premiering on Hulu. The concept is similar, but the chemistry and quirkiness may be hard to duplicate.

Reporter Chloe Veltman reacts to hearing her digital voice double, "Chloney," for the first time, with Speech Morphing chief linguist Mark Seligman.

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Send in the clones: Using artificial intelligence to digitally replicate human voices

6:41pm January 17, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

Thanks to advances in artificial intelligence, it's never been easier or more affordable to make a perfect facsimile of a human voice: a celebrity, a world leader or even a public-radio reporter.

Christina Ricci as Misty, Juliette Lewis as Natalie, Tawny Cypress as Taissa and Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in Yellowjackets.

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Your 'Yellowjackets' finale questions, answered

11:02pm January 16, 2022

by Linda Holmes

In the season finale of Showtime's Yellowjackets, some of the mysteries of what really happened to the team in 1996 got some resolution. Some didn't. We're here to sort it out.

Echo Kellum as Noah and Nicole Byer as Nicky in Grand Crew.

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

5:00pm January 14, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: a quirky Instagram account, the NBC show Grand Crew and more.

Lynn Nottage photographed at A Broadway Celebration at the Times Square EDITION, in December 2021.

Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City

2:37pm January 14, 2022

by Jeff Lunden

Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.

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Sam (Bridget Everett) and Joel (Jeff Hiller) bond over student essays in Somebody Somewhere.

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HBO's 'Somebody Somewhere' sings sweetly and sincerely, albeit with its inside voice

7:01am January 14, 2022

by Glen Weldon

The electrifying performer Bridget Everett opts for a lower voltage in this gentle, semi-autobiographical tale of a Kansan woman struggling to overcome grief and find her voice again.

How Ronnie Spector and 'Be My Baby' became a pop-culture sound of sex in 1987

11:40am January 13, 2022

by Linda Holmes

Twice in the same year, the song "Be My Baby" — featuring the voice of Ronnie Spector, who died this week — became the sound that signaled something memorably, indelibly sexy.