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Massumeh Farhad points to one of the Qurans in the exhibition. As curator, she flipped through all of the books on display. "Every page is absolutely breathtaking," she says.

Quran Exhibition Shines A Light On The Holy Books' Dedicated Artists

10:16am December 02, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

The Smithsonian show isn't about the words of the Quran so much as the people who laboriously copied it, letter by letter. When they made a mistake, they fixed it with flourish — and sometimes gold.

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Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop), Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Gilmore Girls' And 'Moana'

10:08am December 02, 2016

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we return to Stars Hollow and travel to Disney's latest gorgeous world with Daisy Rosario and super-librarian Margaret H. Willison.

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American artist Jeff Koons, left, American ambassador Jane Dorothy Hartley and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo unveil illustrations of Bouquet of Tulips 2016, a 34-foot statue Koons is presenting to the city of Paris and the people of France as a symbol of fr

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Jeff Koons Gives France A Giant Bouquet Of Flowers, But It Comes With A Price

9:28am December 02, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

The work of art is meant to honor the victims of the November 2015 terrorist attacks. Construction is already underway on Bouquet of Tulips -- but not all Parisians are pleased with the gift.

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Chen Gang as a taxi driver in Old Stone, director Johnny Ma's debut feature.

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In The Dark Crime Thriller 'Old Stone,' A Taxi Driver Turns Amateur Detective

5:00pm December 01, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Writer-director Johnny Ma's mordant tale of a taxi driver forced to cover the health costs of a man he ran over "shifts from docudrama to "black-hearted thriller," says critic Mark Jenkins.

Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in Jackie.

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When Private Grief Meets Public Duty: The Intimate, Hypnotic 'Jackie'

5:00pm December 01, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Director Pablo Larraín narrows the focus of his Jackie Kennedy biopic to a handful of days around the JFK assassination, and keeps his camera trained on Natalie Portman's expressive face.

Isabelle Hupert and Roman Kolinka in Things to Come, a film by Mia Hansen-Løve.

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A Parisian Woman's Tightly Woven Sense Of Self Begins To Unravel In 'Things To Come'

5:00pm December 01, 2016

by Ella Taylor

In this rigorously observed French drama, Isabelle Huppert delivers a searing performance. "In Huppert," says critic Ella Taylor, "deadpan meets tumult wreaking havoc within."

Olivia Bond as the young Francisca in The Eyes of My Mother.

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Through 'The Eyes of My Mother' We See A Young Woman Grow Into A Vicious Killer

5:00pm December 01, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

This elegant but unsettling horror film implicates the audience by placing us inside the head of the monster at its center, forcing us to see things in ourselves we don't wish to.

Christopher Mensah, owner and tattoo artist at the Pinz-N-Needlez tattoo shop in Washington, D.C., creates the outline for Oshun Afrique's 35th tattoo.

For Tattoo Artists, Race Is In the Mix When Ink Meets Skin

4:35pm December 01, 2016

by Parth Shah

Skin tone is only part of the challenge for an oft-tattooed customer who wants to see herself reflected in the "human canvases" of tattoo artists.

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Ginger Rogers is a plucky hotel switchboard operator who helps foil a spy ring in Ginger Rogers And The Riddle Of The Scarlet Cloak.

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Ginger Rogers And The Case Of The Authorized Editions

11:12am December 01, 2016

by Genevieve Valentine

Before modern fan fiction, there were the Whitman Authorized Editions — a series of mystery novels from the 1940s and 50s that "starred" real movie stars, like Ginger Rogers and Gene Tierney.

Peter and Ezra, / you made a great team. / Together you brought a snowstorm / of your dreams.

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'A Poem For Peter' Recalls One Unforgettable 'Snowy Day'

5:09am December 01, 2016

by Lynn Neary

In 1962, Peter — an African-American boy exploring his neighborhood after a snowstorm — broke the color barrier in mainstream children's publishing. A new book pays tribute to author Ezra Jack Keats.