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Remembering Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Famously Portrayed Mark Twain

1:42pm February 05, 2021

by David Bianculli

Holbrook, who died Jan. 23, won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Twain on Broadway. He also played Deep Throat in the film, All the President's Men. Originally broadcast in 2009.

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Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa play a lesbian couple facing a health crisis in the French film Two of Us.

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These International Films Demonstrate The Power And Persistence Of Love

1:42pm February 05, 2021

by Justin Chang

Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time is a dizzying noir that never heads where you expect. Two of Us is a crafty thriller that touches on elder abuse and LGBT couples' rights.

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Keegan-Michael Key

12:41pm February 05, 2021

Coming up, actor Keegan-Michael Key discusses the comedy of chimpanzees and geeks out about Shakespeare.

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Uptop: Co-Operation

12:28pm February 05, 2021

Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Couton discuss one workaround to playing games with a kid who hates to lose: playing cooperative board games where everybody wins.

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Best of Breed

12:28pm February 05, 2021

From the Netflix series Bonding, actors Brendan Scannell and Matt Wilkas hear fictional animals introduced as if they were being presented at the Westminster Dog Show.

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Move To The Music

12:28pm February 05, 2021

Brendan Scannell and Matt Wilkas (Bonding) play a music parody game where lyrics from songs about moving are changed to be about moving into a new home.

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TV On TV On The Radio

12:28pm February 05, 2021

In this meta audio game, hosts of the podcast Add to Cart, Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak, hear clips from fictional TV shows that appear within real TV shows.

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Broadway Brands

12:28pm February 05, 2021

Kulap Vilaysack and SuChin Pak (Add to Cart podcast) work together in a music parody game that changes the lyrics to popular showtunes to be about brands.

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Julia Watson presentation on the TED MainStage, as part of TED2020: Uncharted. June 25, 2020. Photo courtesy of TED.

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Julia Watson: What Can We Learn From Indigineous Design Developed Over Generations?

9:35am February 05, 2021

by NPR/TED Staff

For generations, Indigenous people have used slow but sophisticated technology to build elaborate structures. Architect Julia Watson says their designs can guide our response to the climate crisis.

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How Desi Arnaz Changed Television And Business History

5:00am February 05, 2021

by Sonari Glinton

We remember one of the great TV innovators who changed the business of television: Desi Arnaz.

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