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Sasheer Zamata performs at the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal.

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Sasheer Zamata Uses Comedy To Address Intolerance

5:03pm July 31, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

The comedian just came off four seasons on Saturday Night Live. Now, she wants to break through to the next part of her career — convincing people she's a writer as well as a performer.

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Celebrated Playwright And Actor Sam Shepard Dies

4:43pm July 31, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Sam Shepard was both a prize-winning playwright and an an acclaimed actor. He won a Pulitzer for Drama for Buried Child in 1979 and wrote more than 40 other plays as well as short stories and essays. He died Thursday at his home in Kentucky of complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 73.

Tom Perrotta is the author of several novels, including Election and The Leftovers.

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In New Novel, Tom Perrotta Shares 'Post-Parental' Reflections From An Empty Nest

3:26pm July 31, 2017

by Terry Gross

Mrs. Fletcher tells the story of Eve, a single mother whose only child, Brendan, has left for college. Perrotta says the book was inspired by the upheaval he experienced when his own kids moved out.

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Remembering Actress Jeanne Moreau, Icon Of French New Wave Cinema

3:17pm July 31, 2017

by Terry Gross

Moreau pursued acting despite her father's disapproval. She told Fresh Air, "I led a double life. ... He discovered it when he saw my picture on the front page." Moreau died Monday at the age of 89.

Newly Released Collection Reveals Complex Artistry Of Pianist Artur Schnabel

2:58pm July 31, 2017

by Lloyd Schwartz

In 1942, the Austrian pianist recorded a set of Schubert Impromptus that were never released. Those recordings, plus others from the session, are now available in a new CD set.

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Sam Shepard, 'Poet Laureate Of America's Emotional Badlands,' Dies At 73

1:44pm July 31, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, Shepard cut a towering presence in theater and cinema. He died last week of complications from ALS, a family spokesman says.

"Love the dress." "Thanks. Yours too." "Oh, this old thing? I just threw it on." Varys (Conleth Hill) and Melisandre (Carice van Houten) in "The Queen's Justice."

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'Game Of Thrones' Season 7, Episode 3: 'I've Brought Ice And Fire Together'

9:22am July 31, 2017

by Glen Weldon

The third episode of Game of Thrones' seventh season, "The Queen's Justice," featured a long-awaited meeting, a long-awaited reunion, and a long-dreaded goodbye to the show's best character.

Art Exhibit Features Chagall's Works For Ballet And Opera

5:43am July 31, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

A new exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art explores the role that music and ballet played in the work of painter Marc Chagall.

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Even More Great Albums By Women Outside Of The Top 150

6:35pm July 30, 2017

NPR Music recently released a top-ranking list of 150 albums by women. NPR's Noel King chats with Jill Sternheimer of the Lincoln Center and NPR's Paula Mejia who had some of tough decisions.

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How Much Can A Vision Of Your 'Future Self' Motivate You To Achieve?

6:35pm July 30, 2017

by Alix Spiegel

Invisibilia co-host Alix Spiegel introduces us to a young man whose sights were set far beyond the Syrian orphanage in which he spent part of his childhood.

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