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Revisiting 'Deadwood,' With Star Timothy Olyphant And Creator David Milch

2:00pm May 31, 2019

by Terry Gross

HBO's Deadwood: The Movie picks up where the TV series ended in 2006. Olyphant and Milch spoke to Fresh Air about the series in separate interviews, originally broadcast in 2011 and 2005.

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Randall Park and Ali Wong star in Netflix's Always Be My Maybe.

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Love Finds Ali Wong And Randall Park In 'Always Be My Maybe'

9:46am May 31, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Randall Park and Ali Wong star in a Netflix romantic comedy about two young friends who grow up and grow apart, only to find each other again as adults. Also, there's Keanu Reeves.

Samin Nosrat, author of the cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking.

Samin Nosrat Is Making Space At The Table

8:55pm May 30, 2019

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Nosrat is that rare thing: a woman of color in the upper echelons of the hypercompetitive food world. She is acutely aware of her unicorn status — and taking steps to try to change that.

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Comedy Central's 'New Negroes' Highlights Black Comedians Who Tell Their Truths

7:11pm May 30, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with comedian Baron Vaughn, one of the creator's of Comedy Central's New Negroes. A show that showcases black comedians and music artists in a space that's all their own.

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Jussie Smollett arrives at a Chicago courthouse for a hearing in March.

Chicago Police Roll Out Hundreds Of Pages Of Records In Jussie Smollett Case

7:03pm May 30, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The document dump Thursday offers a detailed view of the case that investigators had crafted against the Empire actor, only to see prosecutors to drop those charges in a move that frustrated police.

'Deadwood' TV Movie Offers A Fitting Conclusion After The Series Was Canceled

4:59pm May 30, 2019

by Eric Deggans

Almost 13 years after its finale, HBO's Deadwood is back as a TV movie. Created by David Milch, the foul-mouthed characters inhabit an illegal mining camp in the Dakotas where their dramas unfold.

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Dancing on the Escalator of Life (on the head of pin): The demon Crowley (David Tennant) and the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) conspire to stave off the end of the world in Good Omens.

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'Good Omens' Serves Up A Cozy, Strangely Heartwarming Apocalypse

4:11pm May 30, 2019

by Glen Weldon

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's 1990 novel about an angel and demon striving to prevent the end of the world becomes a charming, very British series that turns the apocalypse into a spot of bother.

Alex Trebek said in an interview with People magazine that his stage 4 pancreatic cancer is in "near remission."

Alex Trebek Says He's Seeing 'Mind-Boggling' Positive Results In Cancer Fight

12:03pm May 29, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

"The doctors said they hadn't seen this kind of positive result in their memory," the Jeopardy! host told People magazine. "Some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent."

Life In 'Songland': The Reality Behind NBC's New Reality Show

5:52am May 28, 2019

by Marissa R. Moss

A new competition show from the producers of The Voice will search for a hitmaker — but what's it actually like to be a professional songwriter?

Renee Zellweger plays the rich venture capitalist Anne Montgomery in the Netflix series What/If.

Arts

'What/If' You Were In Just The Right Mood For Some Good Bad Television?

7:00am May 25, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Netflix's ridiculous and over-the-top What/If features Renee Zellweger as a dangerous rich woman with terrible secrets. It's a little bit terrible and a little bit perfect.