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Actor Greta Gerwig Stays Behind The Camera In Her Solo-Directing Debut 'Lady Bird'

5:14pm November 06, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Greta Gerwig makes her solo-directing debut with an autobiographical movie called Lady Bird, a comedy that follows a teenager in her senior year of high school. The story is loosely based on Gerwig's life.

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It's Dead ... Wrapped (Up) in Hardcover: A new book provides the narrative closure that this summer's Twin Peaks: The Return (starring Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern and David Lynch) eschewed.

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'Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier' Does What 'The Return' Didn't

5:00am November 06, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost reveals the final fates of several characters and ties up the show's narrative threads in a way that is as satisfying as The Return was mystifying.

Actress Jenifer Lewis details her journey to the spotlight in her memoir The Mother of Black Hollywood.

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Jenifer Lewis Of 'Black-ish' Reflects On Her Role As Black Hollywood's Mother

9:32pm November 05, 2017

by Noel King

Actress Jenifer Lewis' new memoir The Mother of Black Hollywood explores her decades-long career and her role as the mom character to black actors in TV and film.

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The Property Brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott, have a new memoir called It Takes Two.

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The Property Brothers Flip A Page On Their TV Triumphs

12:43pm November 05, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

If you've ever watched HGTV, you've probably come across Drew and Jonathan Scott — the twins from Canada who are the darlings of home improvement. Their new book is called It Takes Two.

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A Messy Protagonist In 'Bonfire'

8:06am November 05, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In her debut novel Bonfire, Krysten Ritter's protagonist is complicated, much like the women Ritter is known for portraying. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about why she thinks that's important.

Man diving, Ganges floods, Benares, Uttar Pradesh, 1985.

PHOTOS: An Amazing Eye For The Colors Of India

7:20am November 05, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Black and white pictures were popular when Raghubir Singh started out as a photographer. But he insisted on color. A new retrospective shows his ground-breaking work.

'In Pursuit of Memory' by Joseph Jebelli

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Firsthand Experience Fuels The 'Pursuit Of Memory'

7:00am November 05, 2017

by Jason Heller

Neuroscientist Joseph Jebelli's new book about the fight against Alzheimer's draws on his own personal passions; his grandfather developed the disease and eventually stopped recognizing his grandson.

Commander Scott Kelly of NASA landed in Kazakhstan after spending nearly a year aboard the International Space Station.

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Not My Job: We Quiz ISS Astronaut Scott Kelly About IHOP

12:07pm November 04, 2017

The man who set an American record by spending nearly a year aboard the International Space Station faces three questions about the International House of Pancakes.

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Clifton Fadiman looks over a shipment of wine in 1984. His daughter, Anne Fadiman, says she was never able to appreciate wine the way her father did.

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A 'Wine Lover's Daughter' Savors Her Dad's Vintage Story

8:13am November 04, 2017

by Scott Simon

Anne Fadiman writes about her father's journey from poor Brooklyn Jew to wine connoisseur. She says, "Along with books, wine represented the sort of cultivated, refined life that he had aspired to."

'Beasts Made of Night' by Tochi Onyebuchi

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'Beasts Made Of Night' Is The Beginning Of A Great Saga

7:00am November 04, 2017

by Caitlyn Paxson

Fantastic worldbuilding sets the stage in Tochi Onyebuchi's new novel, set in a bustling market city inspired by his Nigerian heritage. While the storytelling can be indecisive, the setting triumphs.