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HBO's 'Black Art' Indicts The Forces That Marginalize It

6:25am February 23, 2021

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to director Sam Pollard about the HBO documentary, Black Art: In the Absence of Light. The film celebrates the rich history of art by Black Americans.

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Bachelor host Chris Harrison, above right, has temporarily stepped away from the show following controversial remarks involving race. The franchise's current season features Matt James, top left, as the show's first male Black lead.

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In A Season Highlighting Diversity, 'The Bachelor' Lands In Controversy Around Race

2:43pm February 21, 2021

by Kalyani Saxena

Brandy Monk-Payton, a media and Black cultural studies scholar at Fordham University, talks with All Things Considered host Michel Martin about the ABC franchise and its record on race.

Mia Farrow with her children Ronan (left) and Dylan.

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'Allen V. Farrow' Digs Deep Into A Tale Of Celebrity, Power And Silence

1:36pm February 21, 2021

by Eric Deggans

For the new HBO documentary Allen v. Farrow, filmmakers spent three years examining records and interviewing people close to Mia Farrow and Woody Allen to investigate allegations of molestation.

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Racism Controversy Rocks 'Bachelor' Nation

5:19pm February 20, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the most recent Bachelor controversy with Brandy Monk-Payton, a scholar of media and Black cultural studies at Fordham University.

Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer in It's a Sin.

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'It's A Sin' Brings A Lost Generation Of Gay Men To Life

5:00am February 19, 2021

A new British TV drama looks at the lives of gay men in London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the virus could touch them.

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Ava DuVernay On Array Crew, A Database To Diversify Hollywood Production Personnel

4:06pm February 18, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her new database, Array Crew, and how it may help diversify who works on the sets of Hollywood productions.

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It's a Sin follows a cast of characters (Omari Douglas, Lydia West, David Carlyle, Callum Scott Howells and Nathaniel Curtis) in London as they deal with the emergence of the AIDS epidemic.

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'It's A Sin' Series, Set During AIDS Epidemic, Resonates During COVID-19

11:10am February 17, 2021

by John Powers

As with COVID-19, AIDS had its deniers and its conspiracy theorists. A new five-part series centers on five young adults sharing an apartment in London at the onset of that epidemic.

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Remembering TV And Film Star Cloris Leachman

1:46pm February 15, 2021

by Terry Gross

Leachman, who died Jan. 27, won an Oscar for her performance in the 1971 film, The Last Picture Show, as well as eight primetime Emmy awards for her work on television. Originally broadcast in 2009.

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Abigail Barlow, left, and Emily Bear are the creative duo behind Bridgerton the musical. "We wanted to be able to tell a stand-alone story and still honor what was created in the books and the TV show," says Barlow. "But honestly, we want to bring somethi

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Now Playing On TikTok: 'Bridgerton' The Musical

5:08pm February 13, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

Not long after the Netflix Regency romance premiered on Christmas, two young songwriters asked on TikTok: "Ok but what if Bridgerton was a musical?" Millions of people wanted to know the answer.

How The Writers Guild of America Declared Victory Over Hollywood's Talent Agencies

4:31pm February 12, 2021

by Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi

The Writers Guild of America declared victory after grappling for nearly two years with Hollywood's biggest talent agencies over how agents make their money.