Television

PBS' 6-Episode 'Les Misérables' Miniseries Focuses On The Story Instead Of Music

5:45pm April 12, 2019

by Eric Deggans

PBS premieres a new version of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, starring Dominic West of The Wire and The Affair. This version has no music and tries to be closer to the source material.

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A Guide To Talk About 'Game Of Thrones' Even If You've Never Seen An Episode

5:45pm April 12, 2019

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Chen and Vanity Fair's Joanna Robinson, co-hosts of the podcast A Cast of Kings, about how to talk about Game of Thrones even if you've never watched an episode.

Arts

Ray Romano On Fame, And Finding His Bearings After 'Raymond' Wrapped

1:26pm April 12, 2019

by Terry Gross

Ray Romano's comedy special, Right Here, Around the Corner, is now streaming on Netflix. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2016 about the story behind the title of his hit sit-com Everybody Loves Raymond.

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Noah Centineo stars as Brooks Rattigan (a terrible name) in the Netflix romantic comedy The Perfect Date.

Arts

'The Perfect Date': A Teen Romcom By Any Other Name Is Reasonably Sweet

5:00am April 12, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Noah Centineo stars as a kid with a plan to make a lot of money by going on a lot of fake dates — but yes, before he can get rich, he meets a girl he really likes.

Actor Jussie Smollett leaves a courthouse last month in Chicago. On Thursday, the city sued him to recoup costs of a police investigation that followed what the city says was his false report that he'd been attacked.

National

Chicago Files Civil Complaint Against 'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett

9:06pm April 11, 2019

by Tom Cole

The city maintains that Smollett filed a false police report and is seeking repayment of the costs incurred in investigating it.

Henry Winkler won an Emmy Award for playing acting teacher Gene Cousineau on the HBO series Barry.

Arts

'I Never Had A Plan B': Henry Winkler On His Career, From The Fonz To 'Barry'

2:31pm April 11, 2019

by Terry Gross

The actor talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about struggling with typecasting after Happy Days, his family's immigration story and about how he found out in his 30s that he had dyslexia.

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Arts

'Game Of Thrones' Keeps Its Finger On The Pulse As It Enters The Home Stretch

2:00pm April 11, 2019

by John Powers

Over the years, the HBO series has risen from being a nifty potboiler to a timely expression of a zeitgeist that contests everything from gender roles to climate change to immigration.

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Marsai Martin stars as little Jordan Sanders in Little, a wrong-body comedy inspired by the 1988 Tom Hanks film Big.

Arts

Meet Marsai Martin, The Youngest Executive Producer In Hollywood

11:26am April 11, 2019

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

She's 14 years old and about to make her big-screen debut in the comedy Little. You may already know her from the ABC sitcom Black-ish — but now, Martin is also taking bigger reins.

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Will Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) stay safe in the final season of Game of Thrones? Will their kicky winter camouflage help?

Arts

Which Characters Will Lose The 'Game Of Thrones?': A Chronicle Of Many Deaths Foretold

3:11pm April 10, 2019

by Glen Weldon

Just 6 episodes — an estimated 7 hours and 20 minutes — remain. Here are our predictions for which characters will (and especially won't) make it through to the end of the final season — and why.

The Bold Type stars Aisha Dee as Kat Edison, Katie Stevens as Jane Sloan, and Meghann Fahy as Sutton Brady — three friends working at a women's magazine in New York City.

Arts

In Its Third Season, 'The Bold Type' Balances Real Life With A Glass Of Rosé

7:32am April 09, 2019

by Rachel Martin

The comedy series follows three friends working at a women's magazine in New York City. The stars say the show carefully balances providing a space to tackle issues — and a space to escape from them.

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