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Feats Of Technical Magic Bring Disney's New 'Jungle Book' To Life

5:49pm April 15, 2016

A new version of the classic Disney animated movie features a live-action Mowgli and digitally created animals. It's feat of animation and technical magic — the new smoke and mirrors of Hollywood.

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The Tampa Bay Times spent two months investigating where local eateries were really getting their ingredients. Many of their "farm to table" claims proved to be bogus.

'Farm To Fable'? Tampa Probe Finds Many Restaurants Lie About Sourcing

3:30pm April 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Food critic Laura Reiley of the Tampa Bay Times spent two months investigating where her local eateries were really getting their ingredients. Many of their "farm to table" claims proved bogus.

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Why Teens Are Impulsive, Addiction-Prone And Should Protect Their Brains

1:41pm April 15, 2016

Research shows that teenagers' brains are not fully insulated, which means that signals move slowly. Frances Jensen, who wrote The Teenage Brain, explains. Originally broadcast Jan. 28, 2015.

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Mindy Kaling as Dr. Mindy Lahiri in The Mindy Project.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Mindy Project' And Romantic Comedies

10:27am April 15, 2016

by Linda Holmes

This week's show brings in Audie Cornish and Margaret Willison to talk about Mindy Kaling's just-returning OB/GYN comedy and about the state and ways of romantic comedy in general.

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Kerry Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

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'It's So, So Complicated': Kerry Washington On Clarence Thomas' 'Confirmation'

10:14am April 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Washington stars as Anita Hill in the new HBO film Confirmation. She was 14 during the 1991 hearings, and says it's the first time she remembers her parents having different points of view.

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Joe Cole, Callum Turner, Alia Shawkat and Anton Yelchin in Green Room.

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'Green Room': A Choreographed Thriller With A Spontaneous Beat

7:55pm April 14, 2016

by Scott Tobias

Green Room, from the director of the well-regarded thriller Blue Ruin, is the violent and inventive story of a touring punk band that gets in way over its head.

From BuzzFeed Video's "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People."

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A Point-By-Point Response To BuzzFeed's Questions For Black People

7:34pm April 14, 2016

by Leah Donnella

A video titled "27 Questions Black People Have For Black People" misses a whole lotta history when it comes to black people in America.

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Gothic Family Drama At 'The Border Of Paradise'

7:23pm April 14, 2016

by Carmen Maria Machado

Esme Weijun Wang's novel — packed with family secrets, betrayals, a decaying house and a dramatic fire — could have seemed pulpy in lesser hands. But her restrained, beautiful prose makes it work.

Political Thriller Series 'Occupied' Parallels Russia's Actions In Ukraine

6:34pm April 14, 2016

The new political thriller series, Occupied, was ahead of its time. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to one of the show's creators, Erik Skjoldbjaerg, about how the show parallels Russia's actions in Ukraine.

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Seamus Heaney's Translation Of 'The Aeneid' Gets Posthumous Publication

6:33pm April 14, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poetry critic Tess Taylor about the publication of the sixth book of The Aeneid translated by Seamus Heaney and published posthumously.

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