Television

Emmy Awards: 'Handmaid's Tale' And 'Veep' Win In Multiple Categories

5:05am September 18, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Stephen Colbert hosted the 69th Emmy Awards Sunday night in Los Angeles. The Handmaid's Tale won the Emmy for drama series. Veep and Atlanta split the major comedy categories.

Actor John Lithgow accepts Outstanding Supporting actor in a drama series for The Crown onstage during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

Arts

Emmy Awards 2017: The Complete List Of Winners

11:32pm September 17, 2017

It was a big night for The Handmaid's Tale, across the writing, directing and acting categories.

World News

Ken Burns And Lynn Novick On 'The Vietnam War'

7:59am September 17, 2017

The epic story of the Vietnam War is told in a new 10-part series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. They talk with Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

World News

'The State' Explores Life Inside ISIS

8:08am September 16, 2017

The State is a fictional mini-series about people who join the Islamic State airing on the National Geographic channel. Scott Simon talks with its writer and director, Peter Kosminsky.

Arts

Watch The 2017 Emmy Awards With NPR

6:00am September 16, 2017

by Glen Weldon

NPR's television critic Eric Deggans and The Pop Culture Happy Hour crew (Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson and Glen Weldon) will be live-tweeting the ceremony Sunday evening.

It Takes Two: Our Story, by Drew and Jonathan Scott.

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Arts

TV's Property Brothers Share Their Open Plan For Success In 'It Takes Two'

10:00am September 15, 2017

by Linda Holmes

Drew and Jonathan Scott trade chapters, attempting to capture their on-camera rivalry. NPR's Linda Holmes says, "They're dunking on each other, but with Nerf balls. And a plastic hoop. At eye level."

The Deuce takes place in 1970s New York, as pornography is becoming legal. (Pictured: Pernell Walker, James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal.)

Arts

Pimps, Porn And Prostitution: Dissecting 'The Deuce'

6:00am September 15, 2017

by Stephen Thompson

The gang tackles David Simon's new HBO drama about the rise of the adult-film industry in New York's Times Square. And, as always, What's Making Us Happy this week.

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Review: Ken Burns' 'The Vietnam War'

5:06am September 15, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Filmmaker Ken Burns and collaborators turn their lens to the Vietnam War in a 10-part, 18-hour documentary. It was six years in the making and includes rarely seen footage.

'Saturday Night Live' Stops Accepting Jokes From Freelancers

4:38pm September 14, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

Freelancers are a bit of a trade secret when it comes to late night shows. They often send in pages of one-liners for the shows to use or reject. Now Saturday Night Live is telling freelancers it will no longer accept their submissions.

Actor Frank Vincent, Who Portrayed Mobsters In 'Goodfellas' And 'The Sopranos,' Dies

4:38pm September 14, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Actor Frank Vincent, who was best known for his portrayal of mobsters in Martin Scorsese's, Goodfellas and the HBO series, The Sopranos, has died.

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