Television

Ben Platt performing "Waving Through A Window" from Dear Evan Hansen at Sunday night's Tony Awards.

At The Tonys, 'Dear Evan Hansen' Has A Big Night In A Dark Season

10:36pm June 12, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The 2017 Tony Awards weren't a coronation of any one show, but it was hard not to notice a theme of pointed social and political thought behind many of the winners.

Ice Cube, performing on May 6, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Music & Culture

Ice Cube Leaves Bill Maher Shaken And Stirred Over The N-Word

10:26am June 12, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

25 years after Death Certificate, the OG reprises his role as rap's most potent race critic.

Actors Adam West (L)and Burt Ward dressed as their characters (Zappp!) "Batman" and (Powww!) "Robin," on Jan. 27, 1989 at the "World of Wheels" custom car show in Chicago.

Adam West Saved Batman. And Me.

8:44am June 11, 2017

by Glen Weldon

NPR's resident Bat-scholar Glen Weldon offers a personal remembrance of the late Adam West, explains how the actor rescued the character of Batman from oblivion, and explores his enduring legacy.

Adam West, Batman Of The 1960s, Dies At 88, After Short Battle With Leukemia

5:51pm June 10, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Adam West was best known for his portrayal as Batman in the campy 1960s TV show. He died Friday night at the age of 88.

Adam West brings out his alter ego, Batman, for the filming of a 1967 road safety ad for children.

Arts

Adam West, Who Played The Dark Knight At His Brightest, Dies At 88

2:10pm June 10, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The actor donned Batman's costume for TV in the '60s, giving an enduring rendition of the hero. Later in his career, West enjoyed a renaissance as a voice actor. His family says he died Friday night.

In his new special, Klepper tries to focus on activists who are working to reduce gun violence.

Arts

Comic Jordan Klepper On His New Gun Documentary And Leaving 'The Daily Show'

9:57am June 09, 2017

by Sam Sanders

In Jordan Klepper Solves Guns, the comedian dives into America's relationship with firearms. Klepper is also launching his own nightly show on Comedy Central this fall.

Giancarlo Esposito returns as the notorious Breaking Bad drug lord Gus Fring on the AMC prequel series, Better Call Saul.

Arts

'Better Call Saul' Actor Giancarlo Esposito On The Making Of An Iconic Villain

10:49am June 08, 2017

by Terry Gross

Six years after the demise of his Breaking Bad character, Esposito is back on TV as the vicious drug lord Gus Fring. He says the current role allows him to take the character "back in time."

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How Alan Alda Makes Science Understandable

2:04pm June 07, 2017

How do you communicate complex ideas effectively? How do scientists and doctors get their findings across to a needing public?

British actor Peter Sallis, who voiced the part of Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit clay animation films, posed in 2005 with a person dressed as that character at the movie premiere of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

Peter Sallis Of 'Wallace And Gromit' Fame Dies At 96

8:28am June 06, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Before the British actor voiced Wallace in the animated films, he starred in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He was the only actor to appear in all 295 episodes.

A scene from Lies That Bind, one of Kenya's most successful homegrown soap operas. Its creator was inspired by the Mexican telenovelas she watched as a kid.

Why East Africa Is Hooked On Telenovelas

5:43pm June 05, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Both Latin American and homegrown telenovelas are booming in East Africa. It's a trend that reveals kinship between long-suffering countries an ocean apart.

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