Arts

Oscar Pistorius' Sentencing And The Classic True Crime Novel

3:21pm October 21, 2014

by Mandy Wiener

Oscar Pistorius, superstar athlete, was back in court this week for his sentencing hearing, after a culpable homicide conviction. Journalist Mandy Wiener says his case reminds her of a favorite book.

Baroness Aino Bodisco (far right) looks on as Beatrice Lodge is fitted in a debutante dress by fashion designer Oscar de la Renta in 1956.

Arts

Oscar De La Renta Was About Making Women Look And Feel Their Best

1:45pm October 21, 2014

by NPR Staff

His designs weren't experimental, says fashion critic Robin Givhan, but their popularity proved that there's still a place in our culture for fashion rooted in beauty, propriety and decorum.

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Sandwich Monday: The Pizza Cake

11:10am October 21, 2014

by Peter Sagal

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try the Pizza Cake, which is a fancy way of saying "a bunch of pizzas stacked on top of each other."

Books
Arts

Who Is 'Limonov'? Not Even His Biographer Really Knows

10:39am October 21, 2014

by Matt Taibbi

A new biography of the Russian political prankster/author/revolutionary Edward Limonov asks what turns out to be an unanswerable question: What's Limonov thinking, and what does he really want?

Arts

Fashion Icon Oscar De La Renta Dies At 82

10:18am October 21, 2014

by Chris Hopkins

De la Renta died Monday, according to a statement from his family. The Dominican designer was a ground-breaker in the industry.

Debra Messing stars with Robert Klein in NBC's The Mysteries of Laura.

Arts

Winners And Losers Of The Fall TV Season Begin To Emerge

9:34am October 21, 2014

by Eric Deggans

One month into the TV season, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says diversity is winning and rom-coms are losing as new shows battle for viewers.

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"Whatever it is you want to change about yourself, now is the time to change it" Ã¢ÂÂ Meg Jay

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Making The Most Of Your Twenties: Meg Jay Answers Your Questions

9:10am October 21, 2014

by NPR/TED Staff

Psychologist Meg Jay answers your questions on making the most of your twenties — the developmental sweet spot — that defines the rest of your life.

Arts

Piedmont Wind Symphony Presents Noir Fantasies

8:24am October 21, 2014

by David Ford

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Bryan Stevenson takes on cases to exonerate people wrongfully convicted. "One of the things that pains me is we have so tragically underestimated the trauma, the hardship we create in this country when we treat people unfairly, when we incarcerate them un

One Lawyer's Fight For Young Blacks And 'Just Mercy'

3:59pm October 20, 2014

When police pulled a gun on Bryan Stevenson as he was sitting quietly in his car in Atlanta, he knew he had to effect change. His memoir describes his attempts, including freeing men on death row.

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Tyler James Williams (Everybody Hates Chris) plays Lionel Higgins in Dear White People

Arts

Watching 'Dear White People' At Harvard

1:28pm October 20, 2014

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Dear White People follows four black students at a prestigious, majority-white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to campus. So why not catch a screening at Harvard?

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