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Encore: How Living In A Library Gave One Man 'The Thirst Of Learning'

5:18am February 22, 2019

Ronald Clark's father was a live-in custodian at a New York City library. We revisit Clark's StoryCorps conversation with his daughter about how living in a library shaped the man he would become.

The Monkees (from left: Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork) pose in front of a London telephone booth in 1997.

Peter Tork Of The Monkees Dies At 77

9:05pm February 21, 2019

An adept musician in a pop band dismissed as made for TV, Tork became famous with the Monkees in the 1960s. Their reunion tours lasted well into the 2000s.

Jussie Smollett leaves the Cook County Jail following his release Thursday in Chicago. Smollett was charged with filling a false police report after he said he was attacked by two men who shouted racist and anti-gay slurs.

Jussie Smollett 'Took Advantage Of The Pain And Anger Of Racism,' Police Say

6:41pm February 21, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The Empire actor has been released on bail after being arrested on charges of making a false police report. Officials say he paid two men to fake an attack on him to "further his own public profile."

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Rochelle Washington (left) and Latresa Scaff (right) look on Thursday in New York City, as attorney Gloria Allred holds up a picture of them as teenagers on the night R. Kelly allegedly made sexual advances on them.

'I Want Justice:' R. Kelly Accused Of Sexual Misconduct By 2 More Women

5:50pm February 21, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff said the singer made sexual advances on them when they were underage in the mid-1990s. The claims come amid a flurry of renewed accusations against R. Kelly.

The 2019 Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA further supports previous findings that increasingly diverse audiences seek diverse television and movie content.

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Hollywood Diversity Report Finds Progress, But Much Left To Gain

5:23pm February 21, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

The annual UCLA study tallies box office numbers and ratings alongside diversity both on and off screen. Today's "increasingly diverse audiences prefer diverse film and television content," it finds.

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New Zealand, old tropes: Laura (Erana James) and Carmody Braque (Timothy Spall) look vaguely concerned in the thriller The Changeover.

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Supernatural Thriller 'The Changeover' Doesn't Change Up Its Genre Cliches

5:00pm February 21, 2019

by Scott Tobias

An evocative setting and a chewily fun performance from Timothy Spall as a mysterious and malevolent figure can't keep this New Zealand film from trafficking in tired tropes.

Demonstrators gather near the studio of singer R. Kelly to call for a boycott of his music on Jan. 9, 2019 after allegations of sexual abuse against young girls were raised on the Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly.

'Surviving R. Kelly' Producer Dream Hampton Takes On Ecosystem That Supported The Star

12:09pm February 21, 2019

by Terry Gross

The activist, filmmaker and writer chronicles sexual abuse allegations against R. Kelly in the six-part docuseries, Surviving R. Kelly, even as new allegations against him surface.

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'Empire' Actor Jussie Smollett Arrested On Charges Of Filing False Police Report

8:19am February 21, 2019

The actor had reported being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack. Prosecutors say that report was not true.

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High Point Plans To Preserve John Coltrane's Childhood Home

7:23am February 21, 2019

by David Ford

Jazz legend John Coltrane stands alongside Charlie Parker as the most influential saxophonist of all time. His childhood home is in High Point, North Carolina.

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Saturn's Return to New York, by Sara Gran

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In 'Saturn's Return,' Astrology Is A Framework, But Not A Fix

7:00am February 21, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Sara Gran's first novel, now reissued, takes an astrological concept as the jumping-off point for a messy, prickly, realistic depiction of a difficult year in a young woman's life.