'Prince Of Tides' Author Pat Conroy Dies At 70
The best-selling author was known for novels such as The Great Santini and The Prince Of Tides. He had announced last month that he had pancreatic cancer.
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Actress Ginnifer Goodwin On Playing A Rabbit Cop In 'Zootopia'
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Ginnifer Goodwin, who voiced main character Officer Judy Hopps, in the Disney animated film, Zootopia, about a world where animals live in perfect harmony.
'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Challenges Stereotypes One Song At A Time
The show follows a woman who dreams of getting back together with her summer camp boyfriend. Co-creator Rachel Bloom says it's about "deconstructing people and finding the truth beneath tropes."
Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Fond Farewell To 'Downton Abbey'
Barrie Hardymon and Audie Cornish sit in for a chat about saying farewell to the Crawleys, and about the general pleasures and challenges of entertainment that lives in the past.
Saving The President's Bacon Again In 'London Has Fallen'
Gerard Butler once again rushes to the aid of the commander in chief in what critic Chris Klimek calls "a slow-release capsule of apocalyptic dread."
'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' Can't Quite Find Its Footing
Tina Fey stars as a war reporter in a film that struggles to attain a complicated tonal balance between comedy and commentary that it can't quite manage.
Tina Fey's War-Zone 'Foxtrot' Falls Out Of Step
Fey plays a neophyte reporter charged with covering the Afghanistan occupation in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Critic David Edestein says the film isn't bad, so much as "shapeless and blandly apolitical."
In Richard Price's 'The Whites', Haunted Cops And Cases They Couldn't Close
Price says that in every precinct there's one cop who just can't let go of a case. "They all reminded me of Ahab ... looking for their whales," he says. Originally broadcast Feb. 17, 2015.
'Zootopia': A Nimble Tale Of Animal Instincts And Smart Bunnies
Disney's latest talking-animal picture is a surprisingly deft film about prejudice and divisiveness that manages to avoid the heaviness that delivering a message can bring about.
C Is For 'Condemned': A Nun Looks Back On 47 Years Of Unholy Filmmaking
A new Turner Classic Movies series honors films that were deemed salacious, immoral or downright lewd by the Catholic Legion of Decency. Condemned is hosted by respected critic Sister Rose Pacatte.