Television

Will Smith opens up to Trevor Noah about the 'rage' behind his Oscar slap

5:12am November 30, 2022

A teary Will Smith gave his first major interview since he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars to Trevor Noah of the Daily Show. Smith described how he lost it over Rock's joke about his wife's hair.

The creator of 'Bluey' writes for both kids and grown-ups

4:21pm November 29, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Joe Brumm, creator of the hit TV series "Bluey," about the show's international success, which now has a theatrical adaptation "Bluey's Big Play."

Kara Wang and Markian Tarasiuk in Christmas at the Golden Dragon.

Arts

Gingerbread! Santa! Moppets! Here's your 2022 holiday movie guide

7:00am November 25, 2022

by Linda Holmes

Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix and ... QVC? Everybody has holiday movies now, and we're here to help you make your way through the snow. With bells on.

Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Italy in May. Next year's contest will be the first ever in which viewers from non-participating countries can cast their vote.

Eurovision will now let fans in non-participating countries (like the U.S.) vote

6:25pm November 24, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Eurovision organizers announced a set of new changes that give more power to voters and let more viewers vote.

Movie Review: 'Andor'

1:18pm November 24, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Actor Diego Luna plays Cassian Andor in "Andor," a series about "regular people" and bureaucrats in the "Star Wars" universe.

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The 'Fresh Air' interview with 'Looney Tunes' animator Chuck Jones

12:59pm November 24, 2022

by Terry Gross

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck have recently been revived in the podcast, "Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Adventure." We mark the occasion by listening to our 1989 interview with Jones, who died in 2022.

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All eyes on are 'Wednesday' in this playfully droll 'Addams Family' spinoff

1:38pm November 23, 2022

by David Bianculli

The look and tone are perfect — and the characters, settings and subplots are just what you hoped they'd be — in this new Netflix series starring former Disney Channel star Jenna Ortega.

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Piping? Hot! (L-R): ISB Supervisor Blevin (Ben Bailey Smith), Chief Inspector Hyne (Rupert Vansittart) and Syril Karn (Kyle Soller) in Andor.

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'Andor' soared — it was about the force, not The Force, of the Star Wars universe

5:00am November 23, 2022

by Glen Weldon

No lightsabers, no Jedi, no $%! Tatooine: Andor ditched familiar Star Wars trappings to document the face of fascism, and — thrillingly — of resistance.

The OG Queer Eye cast faces off against the Netflix's Queer Eye members on Celebrity Family Feud.

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Family Feud unites us by fulfilling a basic human need: low-stakes drama

7:00am November 21, 2022

by Arielle Retting

Family Feud is kitschy, a bit silly, and just challenging enough. I love the drama, but it also forces me to take a step back from my bubble and think about the larger human experience.

Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Marlon Brando in The Godfather, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct.

Arts

Screening Ourselves: The art and archive of feeling unseen on screen

5:01am November 21, 2022

by Aisha Harris

The debates over on-screen representation and filmmaking's blind spots predate digital outrage. The new podcast Screening Ourselves digs into three Hollywood classics, The Godfather, The Color Purple and Basic Instinct, and how they each portrayed, and ignited, historically misrepresented groups.