The Winter Olympics start Friday. Here's how to follow along
The 2022 Olympics kick off in Beijing on Friday. Here's how to watch the opening ceremony and follow NPR's coverage for the next two weeks.
Television
4 men arrested in the overdose death of 'The Wire' actor Michael K. Williams
They are accused of selling fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams, the five-time Emmy nominated actor, best known for his role as a gay robber of drug dealers in the TV series The Wire.
Review: Hulu's miniseries 'Pam & Tommy' should have learned from its own storylines
Hulu's Pam & Tommy tells how Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape became public. The limited series focuses on the men who made it happen more than the compelling woman at the heart of the story.
Psychopath or hero? 'Reacher' presents a vigilante who walks the line
Based on Lee Child's best-selling novel, this eight-part series by Amazon Prime Video features Alan Ritchson as an ex-military policeman on the hunt for a murderer in small-town Georgia.
'Pam & Tommy' are sympathetic figures in an infamous culture war
A new mini-series starring Seth Rogen, Lily James, and Sebastian Stan seeks to reassess the spectacle surrounding the infamous Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape.
ABC News suspends Whoopi Goldberg over her comments about the Holocaust
The co-host of ABC's The View apologized after facing criticism for comments she made about the Holocaust. Goldberg has been suspended from the show for two weeks.
Questlove and Black Thought help kids 'Rise Up, Sing Out' in a new Disney series
The musicians are executive producers of animated musical shorts intended to be "an inspiring, empowering and optimistic message about race, culture, community and celebrating differences."
3 Black writers discuss some of the themes on NBC's 'This Is Us'
As the hit drama — This Is Us — airs its final episodes, three Black writers from the series speak on how the program has explored themes of race and inclusion.
Your favorite celebrity could be playing your least favorite tech villain on TV
There's a lot that unites these projects: high-profile stars playing people who fell from grace. Specifically, people who shared the trait of having been being ambitious when it came to money.
'Tiger King' Joe Exotic gets one year knocked off his 22-year prison sentence
Carole Baskin, the target of the murder-for-hire plot Joe Exotic was convicted of, said he poses a bigger threat to her now that he has a larger group of supporters because of the Netflix series.