Pop Culture

Showrunner Cheo Coker on the set of Marvel's hotly anticipated new series Luke Cage.

Arts

Hip-Hop And Superheroes Inspire 'Luke Cage' Showrunner Cheo Coker

4:11pm September 29, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Cheo Coker was a well-respected journalist chronicling hip-hop and pop before he moved to film and TV. His latest gig is as showrunner on Marvel's highly anticipated black superhero series, Luke Cage.

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Gretchen (Aya Cash) is a self-centered music publicist who falls in love with Jimmy (Chris Geere) in the FXX series You're the Worst.

Arts

In 'You're The Worst,' Even The Most Flawed Characters Find Love

3:23pm September 29, 2016

Producer Stephen Falk and actress Aya Cash discuss their FXX series about two self-centered people who fall in love. The characters are "stand-ins for the dark parts of all of us," Falk says.

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James Marsden plays a tourist and Evan Rachel Wood is a rancher's daughter in the HBO series Westworld, which premieres Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.

Arts

Old West Gunslinging Meets Futuristic Androids In HBO's 'Westworld'

12:12pm September 29, 2016

by John Powers

HBO's latest series is a high-tech theme park, whose visitors get to live out their wildest dreams of being in the Old West. Critic John Powers calls Westworld an "unexpectedly resonant show."

Agnes Nixon, 'Queen Of Modern Daytime Drama,' Dies at 93

8:47pm September 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Soap opera pioneer Agnes Nixon created All My Children and One Life to Live. She was known for exploring challenging and taboo social issues through daytime television.

Herschell Gordon Lewis, known as the Godfather of Gore, directed the 1963 film, Blood Feast.

Books
Arts

Pop Quiz, Hotshot: Herschell Gordon Lewis Film Or Children's Book?

9:00am September 28, 2016

by Glen Weldon

The movie titles of the late splatter-film director are evocative ... and wonderfully terrible. Can you tell them apart from the titles of some less-than-classic kids' books?

Kevin Hart was the most successful comedian last year. He's seen here speaking at the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners in Las Vegas.

Kevin Hart And Amy Schumer: The New King And Queen Of Comedy

6:02pm September 27, 2016

For the first time in a decade, someone other than Jerry Seinfeld tops Forbes' ranking of the highest-paid comedians.

Sports
Arts

How Arnold Palmer Hit A Hole-In-One With His Signature Drink

4:51pm September 26, 2016

by Tanya Ballard Brown

As we mourn the golf great, we acknowledge another contribution he made to our culture: the tasty and refreshing iced tea and lemonade beverage that carries his name.

National

Father-Son's Carpool Karaoke Of 'Quando, Quando, Quando' Leads To Record Deal

8:55am September 25, 2016

Ted McDermott struggles with Alzheimer's, but loves to sing. His son Simon recorded the two of them singing a Carpool Karaoke. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Simon.

National

Who Hollywood Turns To When Untying The Knot

8:37am September 25, 2016

When it's time to divorce, Hollywood celebs (like a certain Brad and Angelina) turn to the queen of breakup litigation, Laura Wasser. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Vanity Fair's Julie Miller.

Books
Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Emmys, Comedy And Your Spooky Grandpa

11:27am September 23, 2016

by Stephen Thompson

An assortment of odds and ends, including an Emmys recap, David Greene's interview with comedian Hari Kondabolu, and Petra Mayer's discussion with English writer Alan Moore.

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