Television

Wanda Sykes surprised herself by coming out publicly as a lesbian at a 2008 LGBTQ rally in Las Vegas. "I didn't even know that I was going to do it," she says. "It wasn't planned at all."

Arts

Wanda Sykes Loves Stand-Up: That's Where 'I Can Be Free,' She Says

11:37am August 02, 2019

by Terry Gross

Before Sykes became a comic, she worked at the National Security Agency, where she had top security clearance. Now she takes on the president in her Emmy-nominated Netflix special Not Normal.

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Arts

A Black Lady Radio Interview

4:59pm August 01, 2019

Comedian Robin Thede is back with a new sketch series on HBO.

Politics & Government

Did The 2nd Round Of Democratic Presidential Debates Serve Voters?

4:20pm August 01, 2019

This week's Democratic presidential debates had features of a reality show and sporting events. How did that serve voters? Was the "show" any good? Do ratings matter?

Review: 'A Black Lady Sketch Show'

5:15am August 01, 2019

by Eric Deggans

A Black Lady Sketch Show premieres on HBO Friday. The creation of Robin Thede, it brings together a group of talented women to perform sketches about black life which anyone will find funny.

The award-winning British cartoon Peppa Pig airs in more than 180 countries. Peppa, who is voiced by 17-year-old Harley Bird, has just dropped her first album titled "My First Album."

Queue Up Your Preschool Playlist, 'Peppa Pig' Has Just Dropped 'My First Album'

4:28pm July 31, 2019

by Mandalit del Barco

Peppa is a 4-year-old, cartoon pig whose award-winning TV show airs in more than 180 countries. For the last 13 years she's been played by Harley Bird, who got the part when she was only 5 years old.

Arts

Final Season Of 'Orange Is The New Black' Feels Just As Vital As The 1st

1:29pm July 31, 2019

by Soraya Nadia McDonald

Set in an immigration detention center, the seventh season of the Netflix series continues to take the plight of poor and minority women seriously — and it does so with a surprising amount of humor.

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Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a scene from Double Indemnity.

Arts

'Double Indemnity' Is 75, But Anklets (And Film Noir) Are Forever

7:35am July 31, 2019

by Marc Rivers

Double Indemnity is classic film noir: Men in fedoras walk mean streets shrouded in shadow and women are sometimes the sirens to beckon them to their doom. It's a film — and a genre — that endures.

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Arts

Lisa Hanawalt On 'Tuca & Bertie,' 'BoJack Horseman' And Channeling Anxiety Into Art

2:38pm July 29, 2019

by Sam Briger

"Drawing is way of exorcising fears, and, for me, a way of controlling them," Hanawalt says. She's the creator of the Netflix animated series Tuca & Bertie and creative designer of BoJack Horseman.

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Russi Taylor and her husband Bruce Allwine pose with their characters Minnie and Mickey Mouse at the 2008 Disney Legends Ceremony at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

Arts

Russi Taylor, Voice Of Minnie Mouse For Over 30 Years, Dies At 75

6:00pm July 28, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Taylor also played Martin Prince on The Simpsons and a number of other iconic animated characters. Her husband, Wayne Allwine famously portrayed Mickey Mouse and died in 2009.

Lucy Lawless stars as retired detective Alexa Crowe in My Life is Murder.

Arts

Lucy Lawless: To Fans, 'I'm A Really Cute Walking Dinosaur'

8:03am July 27, 2019

by Scott Simon

Everyone's favorite Warrior Princess is back on the small screen as a retired police detective solving crimes in the new series My Life is Murder. She says she's gratified that fans are so friendly.