Television

'Tom And Jerry' Blamed For Violence In The Middle East

7:27am May 09, 2016

The cartoon has been called out in America for racial stereotypes and smoking. And now, an Egyptian official says the cat-and-mouse cartoon is responsible for violence in the Middle East.

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Zarqa Nawaz's Little Mosque on the Prairie ran on the CBC from 2007 to 2012.

'Little Mosque' Creator Zarqa Nawaz On Mixing Comedy And Religion

8:44am May 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

The writer/filmmaker uses humor to help people understand Islam, but it took years for some mosque members to come around to her jokes. Nawaz's new memoir is called Laughing All The Way to the Mosque.

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Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther debuted in Captain America: Civil War. He'll get his own movie in 2018.

Arts

2016: Age Of The On-Screen Black Superhero

8:44am May 07, 2016

by Eric Deggans

From Black Panther to Luke Cage, filmmakers say audiences today demand superheroes that better reflect their world. Comic creators say it's about time TV and movies caught up with diversity in comics.

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Neil Leifer took this photograph of sprinter Carl Lewis during the 1984 Olympics. Lewis won four gold medals that year. Photo from Relentless: The Stories behind the Photographs, by Neil Leifer with Diane K. Shah (University of Texas Press, 2016)

Arts

A 'Relentless' Sports Photographer Explains How He Got His Shots

7:08pm May 06, 2016

by NPR Staff

Neil Leifer is behind some of the defining sports images of the past 60 years. In his book Relentless, he describes the special mix of luck and skill that helped him capture those memorable moments.

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Marvie, the host of Sesame Studios, will sing and answer viewer questions.

Arts
Economy

Beyond 'Sesame Street': A New Sesame Studios Channel On YouTube

9:35am May 06, 2016

by David Folkenflik

Sesame Workshop, the company behind Sesame Street, unveils a new initiative to reach kids in a digital and mobile age. NPR gets a sneak peek.

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After 7 Seasons, CBS Says Goodbye To 'The Good Wife'

8:02am May 06, 2016

by Eric Deggans

CBS's drama, The Good Wife, with its pioneering depiction of a working professional mom in a troubled marriage has remained popular with critics and viewers alike. The last new episode airs on Sunday.

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Sports

Video By 2 Female Sports Reporters Calls Attention To Hateful Online Posts

3:43pm May 05, 2016

ESPN host and reporter Sarah Spain comments on her viral video #MoreThanMean, in which male sports fans read hateful social media comments made to her and sports reporter Julie DiCaro, to their faces.

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Danny Cahill (left) won Season 8 of The Biggest Loser in 2009 by losing an amazing 239 pounds. He's pictured with at-home prize winner Rebecca Meyer. In the years since, Cahill has put back on more than 100 pounds, he told The New York Times.

'Biggest Loser' Lessons: Why The Body Makes It Hard To Keep Pounds Off

8:19am May 03, 2016

by NPR Staff

New research into the lives of past Biggest Loser contestants found many regain much of the weight they lost in the show --sometimes 100 pounds or more — because their biology works against them.

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W. Kamau Bell Meets The KKK In 'United Shades Of America'

5:08pm April 30, 2016

Comedian W. Kamau Bell says his new CNN show, United Shades of America, follows "a black guy where he shouldn't go or where you don't expect him to go."

As The Good Wife comes to a close, Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) has risen to managing partner at her Chicago law firm and Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) is again facing corruption charges.

Arts

'Good Wife' Creators Say They Wanted To End The Show 'While It Was Still Good'

8:24am April 30, 2016

by NPR Staff

"There was seven seasons-worth of story to tell in the education of Alicia Florrick, and we've come to the end of that story," says co-creator Michelle King. The Good Wife series finale airs May 8.

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