Pop Culture

Glen Weldon, Mallory Ortberg, Stephen Thompson, and Linda Holmes on stage at the Marines' Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, CA on Friday, October 21st.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Halloween With Mallory Ortberg And Audie Cornish

7:00am October 28, 2016

by Linda Holmes

We bring you two Halloween-themed segments from our west coast tour: Mallory Ortberg joins us for a Halloween candy debate, and Audie Cornish sits down for our super-difficult Halloween quiz.

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'Washington Post' Reporter Explores How Pop Culture Influences Views Of Police

6:19pm October 27, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Washington Post reporter Alyssa Rosenberg, who has written a series for the paper about how Hollywood and pop culture has influenced the way the public perceives police.

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Anna Camp, Erin Darke and Genevieve Angelson star in Good Girls Revolt, which is based on a landmark gender bias case at Newsweek.

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'Good Girls Revolt' Takes On Gender Bias In The Newsroom

11:16am October 27, 2016

by Mandalit del Barco

Amazon's new series Good Girls Revolt, set in 1969, was inspired by a landmark gender bias case at Newsweek. Showrunners hired women at every level of the cast and crew — a Hollywood rarity.

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President Obama appears on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday.

WATCH: Obama Reads 'Mean Tweets' — Including One From Trump

11:00am October 25, 2016

by Brian Naylor

President Obama returned to ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday. He took 140-character admonishments for his dancing, his alleged condiment preferences and someone else's poor choice of conditioner.

The introduction of Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the villainous Negan takes The Walking Dead in a new direction.

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'The Walking Dead' Gets Real In Season 7 Premiere

4:21pm October 24, 2016

by Eric Deggans

They finally did it: The producers of The Walking Dead kicked off season seven by ratcheting up the onscreen gore and brutality until it matches what appears in the original comic.

Preacher co-creator and artist Steve Dillon arrives at the show's Los Angeles premiere in May.

Books
Arts

Remembering Steve Dillon, Co-Creator Of 'Preacher'

3:24pm October 24, 2016

by Etelka Lehoczky

Comic artist Steve Dillon died this weekend in New York City at the age of 54. He was responsible for some of the most iconic comics of the 1990s, including Hellblazer and Preacher.

Mark Twain Prize: Bill Murray Accepts Nation's Top Humor Award

7:15am October 24, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Bill Murray received the 2016 Mark Twain Prize Sunday evening at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He was gently roasted by friends and fellow comics, and he was droll and deadpan and heartfelt.

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From 'Unproud' To 'Hombre,' Election 2016 Is Testing Our Vocabulary

8:44am October 23, 2016

Merriam-Webster noticed the number of unique words coming out of this campaign, and has been using Twitter to report the most searchable words. Lexicographer Peter Sokolowski talks to Rachel Martin.

Mother-daughter best friends Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) return in a Netflix Gilmore Girls revival planned for late November. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino hatched the idea for the hit TV show during a weekend visit to Washington, Con

Arts

Ahead Of Revival, 'Gilmore Girls' Fans Descend On The 'Real' Stars Hollow

8:36am October 22, 2016

by Davis Dunavin

Show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino hatched the idea for the show during a weekend visit to Washington, Conn. It's like "a step back in time," says one resident — and fans are making the pilgrimage.

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National

MetLife Splits With Snoopy And The Peanuts Gang To Adapt To Current Insurance Market

8:27am October 22, 2016

Metlife is firing Snoopy. The insurance company is saying goodbye to Snoopy and the Peanuts characters as its mascots, ending a three decade relationship.