Television

New Sci-Fi Show On TNT Challenges Class Structures

3:45pm May 19, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor Daveed Diggs about his role in TNT's new science-fiction show, Snowpiercer, and the relevance of the show's idea of challenging class structures.

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World News

Drama On Saudi Arabian TV Sparks A Debate About Relationships Between Arabs And Jews

3:45pm May 19, 2020

by Daniel Estrin

Jews and Israel are a sensitive subject in the Middle East. But a Ramadan drama about Jews in an Arab country on a Saudi Arabian TV channel has sparked a debate about Arab-Israeli relationships.

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Janelle Monáe's film roles include Moonlight and Hidden Figures. Her most recent album is Dirty Computer.

Janelle Monáe Wants To Represent The Underdog — In Music And Onscreen

1:31pm May 18, 2020

by Terry Gross

Monáe stars as a veteran struggling with memory loss in season 2 of the Amazon series Homecoming. The role continues the themes of identity and representation she explored on her album Dirty Computer.

Review: TV Series 'Snowpiercer'

5:22pm May 17, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Snowpiercer is a new series on TNT based on Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho's film by the same name.

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Greg Daniels talks over a script with actor Robbie Amell on the set of Upload.

Arts

Greg Daniels Moves His Comedic Spotlight To Absurdity In The Afterlife

7:28am May 16, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

The Emmy Award-winning television writer, director and producer has spun comedy from the threads of ordinary life for 30 years. Now he's shifting focus to an imagined "life" after death in Upload.

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'Saturday Night Live' Skips A Census Sketch For 1st Time In History

9:08pm May 15, 2020

by Hansi Lo Wang

For the first time since Saturday Night Live's debut in 1975, the show ended its season during a census year without doing a sketch about the national head count.

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Huzzah? Emperor Peter of Russia (Nicholas Hoult) and a disillusioned Catherine of Prussia (Elle Fanning) enter into a not-great marriage in Hulu's The Great.

Arts

Crass Warfare: 'The Great' Casts A (Vodka) Gimlet Eye On Privilege

2:08pm May 15, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Loosely (very loosely) based on the early life of Russia's Catherine the Great, Hulu's 10-episode historical comedy-drama is arch, witty, twisty and knowing.

Arts

'Fresh Air' Remembers Comedian And Actor Jerry Stiller

1:34pm May 15, 2020

by Terry Gross

Stiller, who died May 11, was part of a comic duo with his wife Anne Meara and later played George Costanza's father on Seinfeld. He spoke to Fresh Air in '93. In '10, Ben Stiller spoke about his dad.

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Arts

Hulu Takes On Catherine The Great In A Series That's More Funny Than Factual

1:34pm May 15, 2020

by David Bianculli

A new, 10-part miniseries follows the exploits of the Russian empress who rose to power in a coup against her own husband. The Great is shrewdly entertaining — if not exactly historically accurate.

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In the final season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, the rebellion faces an invasion from Horde Prime and his alien clone army.

Arts

In 'She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power,' True Strength Is In Being Yourself

9:40am May 15, 2020

by Victoria Whitley-Berry

Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have rebooted the classic 1980s cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power. The new version updates characters from the old show to reflect a more diverse audience for kids.

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