'Deadspin' Columnist Outlines Hater's Guide To Williams-Sonoma Catalog
NPR's Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro talk with Deadspin columnist Drew Magary about his hater's guide to the Williams-Sonoma catalog.
Arts
Showbiz Dreams Collide With Reality In 'La La Land'
Damien Chazelle's latest film is a modern take on classic 1930s musicals. It's the story of a musician and a frustrated actress, learning to reconcile their dreams with the reality of Hollywood life.
Trump To Retain Credit As Executive Producer Of 'Celebrity Apprentice'
President-elect Donald Trump will retain a credit as executive producer of the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice. The new season, with new "boss" Arnold Schwarzenegger, premieres January 2. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says no one but Trump knows how involved he will be, but the news seems to contradict NBC's past assertion that it has severed business ties with Trump.
'Land Of Mine': Explosively Understated
Denmark's Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is Land of Mine, a movie about German boys disarming landmines left behind after World War II.
Remembering Grant Tinker, 'Mary Tyler Moore' Producer And NBC Chair
David Bianculli offers an appreciation of Tinker, who died last month. Also, we listen to a Fresh Air interview with Tinker from 1994, and an interview with Tinker's wife, Mary Tyler Moore, from 1995.
Fantastically Stylized 'La La Land' Is A Musical Tour-De-Force
A jazz keyboardist and an aspiring actress fall in love in Damien Chazelle's new romantic musical. Critic David Edelstein says La La Land features thrilling chemistry and magical music numbers.
The 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head On
Book critic Maureen Corrigan says that if there's one word that characterizes her list this year, it's "serious." These books certainly aren't grim or dull, but they take on big, difficult subjects.
Stump Jonathan Coulton
In this round of Stump Jonathan Coulton, it's the year 1004 and a relatively new hand-held object has just been derided by clergy as being "sinfully decadent."
Tilt The Title
In this game, contestants rearrange the titles of famous books to make entirely new books.