Pop Culture

Ukraine's Jamala performs the song "1944" during the semifinals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday.

Lightshows, Fire, Nudity, Glitter, Wolves: Welcome To Eurovision 2016

6:00am May 13, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The Grand Finals of Europe's famous annual song competition are Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast in the U.S. for the first time on Logo and LogoTV.com.

Gary Cole plays political consultant Kent Davidson on the HBO series Veep.

Arts

Actor Gary Cole On 'Veep' And Why 'Office Space' Endures

2:59pm May 12, 2016

The actor, who plays a political consultant on Veep, tells Fresh Air he landed his first major TV role only after a number of other actors turned it down. "It was very, very fluke-ish," Cole says.

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Palling Around With Late-Night TV Host Seth Meyers

6:54am May 12, 2016

How do you make the news seem funny, without getting it totally wrong? David Greene spends a day hanging out with comedian Seth Meyers, host of the NBC show Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Handler Says 'Chelsea' On Netflix Will Break Every TV Talk Show Rule

6:16am May 11, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Talks show host and comedian Chelsea Handler on Wednesday debuts her new show Chelsea on Netflix. The half-hour program will air three times a week and be available in 190 countries.

Youth Radio tweeted taco and unicorn emojis to @tacobell and within seconds received a video of a unicorn eating a taco, seen here in this screen grab.

Taco Bell's Snapchat Game Is Strong Among Teens, But Does It Sell Tacos?

5:12pm May 10, 2016

by Billy Cruz

Fast food chains may succeed in entertaining teenagers on platforms like Twitter or Snapchat, but just because a brand makes teens laugh doesn't mean this elusive demographic will buy its products.

Standing (from left): Reporter Karen Grigsby Bates, editor Tasneem Raja, news assistant Leah Donnella, producer Walter Ray Watson, editor Alicia Montgomery. Seated (from left): Reporters and hosts Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji, reporters Kat Chow

The Code Switch Podcast Is Coming! Get A Sneak Peek!

2:45pm May 10, 2016

by Code Switch team

You've been asking for it. We've been cranking on it. And now, it's happening: the Code Switch podcast!

David Prowse as Darth Vader in Star Wars. As you probably know, but many 5-year-olds don't.

Books
Arts

When Storytime Blows Kids' Minds: The Power Of The Plot Twist

11:07am May 10, 2016

by Barrie Hardymon

One of the profound pleasures of reading to children, says Barrie Hardymon, is the thrill of sharing a story's secrets for the first time.

Star Trek fans dress as Klingons during the Destination Star Trek event at ExCel on Oct. 3, 2014, in London.

Is Klingon A Living Language? That's For (Human) Courts To Decide

3:19pm May 09, 2016

by Michel Martin

Does Star Trek — and Klingon — belong to the fans or to the studios? The answer has big implications for more people than just Trekkies.

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Julianna Margulies plays Alicia Florrick, and Makenzie Vega is her daughter, Grace, on the CBS series The Good Wife.

7 Years Later, 'Good Wife' Ends As It Began: With Betrayal And Uncertainty

3:05pm May 09, 2016

by David Bianculli

TV critic David Bianculli discusses the final episode of the CBS drama and the legacy of the show as a whole. "The Good Wife managed to be one of TV's best series for its entire run," he says.

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An ad from the Food and Drug Administration's Fresh Empire campaign.

Notorious FDA? Feds Turn To Hip-Hop To Tamp Down Teen Smoking

12:01pm May 09, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

For its latest anti-tobacco campaign, the Food and Drug Administration wants to harness hip-hop swagger to reach minority teens — who disproportionately suffer the consequences of smoking.

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