Pop Culture

A Question Of Ethics As The Resale Sneaker Industry Grows

4:35pm March 03, 2021

How much money is too much money to spend on a pair of sneakers? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Sykes, staff writer with For The Win from USA TODAY Sports, on sneakerhead culture wars.

Arts

'Moxie' Says Some Things, But Not Everything, About High School Feminists

10:27am March 03, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Directed by Amy Poehler, the new Netflix film longs to stretch beyond its limits to be an inclusive look at feminism in teenagers, but its story works best when it keeps its ambitions modest.

The fact that Ginny (Antonia Gentry) is much more in focus here than Georgia (Brianne Howey) is maybe a metaphor.

Arts

'Ginny & Georgia' Has Trouble Getting Georgia Out Of Ginny's Way

5:00am February 24, 2021

by Linda Holmes

The Netflix series about a young single mom and her teenage daughter has drawn comparisons to Gilmore Girls. It's messier than that.

James Franco attends a special screening of the final season of "The Deuce" at Metrograph on Sept. 5, 2019 in New York City. =

Arts

Actors Involved In James Franco Suit Settle, Drop Claims

1:43pm February 22, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Two actors that had alleged the Oscar nominee's acting school sexually exploited female students have reached a preliminary settlement agreement. It is unclear if monetary payments are involved.

Books

What Fashion History Says About A Vice Presidential 'Vogue' Controversy

4:16pm February 19, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Richard Thompson Ford, author of the book Dress Codes: How The Laws Of Fashion Made History.

Arts

Beyond The 'Lunchbox Moment' Scenes In Fiction About Immigrants

4:16pm February 19, 2021

The "lunchbox moment" is a pop culture trope in stories about children of immigrants to the U.S. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eater staff writer Jaya Saxena about the limits of those storylines.

Super Mario 3D World allows online multiplayer in a beautifully designed environment.

Arts

Nintendo's 'Super Mario 3D World' Gets Another Chance On The Switch

12:10pm February 18, 2021

by Kaity Kline

The original Super Mario 3D World was one of the many good Wii U games that never got a chance, because no one bought the console. Now, it's getting a new lease on life as a Switch re-release.

Arts

What New York Fashion Week Means To American Designers Today

4:07pm February 17, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Christina Binkley of Vogue Business about the state of American fashion and whether New York Fashion Week is still the main stage for American designers.

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Sam (Colin Firth) and Tusker (Stanley Tucci) take one last trip in Harry Macqueen's Supernova.

Arts

The Intimate, Quietly Moving 'Supernova' Lets Its Stars Shine

5:14am February 16, 2021

by Glen Weldon

A gay couple (Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci) take a trip through Great Britain's Lake District as they deal with the knowledge that one of them is dying.

Books

Author Leah Johnson On Being Young, Black, Queer And In Love

5:30am February 14, 2021

by Summer Thomad

Leah Johnson never saw herself in the novels she grew up with, so she wrote her own. Her debut is about the joy and frustration of growing up Black and queer in a place where that's not the norm.