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Report: Audiences demand diversity in films, Hollywood can do more

5:58pm March 07, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

UCLA's annual report on Hollywood diversity finds a mixed bag. While people of color are being hired more in key categories, the study shows a film industry disinvesting in women.

Meet Molly Lewis, professional whistler

4:31pm March 07, 2024

Molly Lewis is a professional whistler with a new album out. You may have also heard her work on the Barbie movie.

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This week in science: shared rhythm, electric fish and a methane-tracking satellite

4:31pm March 07, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Anil Oza about rhythms and the brain, how electric fish sense their environment, and a new methane-detecting satellite.

Covers of Silver, Modern Poetry and The Gone Thing

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3 collections take the poetic measure of America in the aftermath of the pandemic

1:57pm March 07, 2024

by Craig Morgan Teicher

New collections The Gone Thing, Silver and Modern Poetry offer, if not a solution to trying times in America, then a kind of truth-telling companion, a mirror with a real person on both sides of it.

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A Hollywood filmmaker talks about making movies (and sometimes throwing chairs)

1:36pm March 07, 2024

by Dave Davies

Writer, director and producer Ed Zwick has made dozens of films and TV shows. In Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions, he writes about studios, actors and the frustrations and joys of the business.

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'Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse' may just win the series another Oscar

11:22am March 07, 2024

by Bob Mondello

The first film in an animated Spider-Verse trilogy won an Oscar in 2018. The latest installment, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, will be a strong contender to repeat that accomplishment.

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Wherein lies the snub? Barbie has been nominated for eight Oscars.

Award shows have become outrage generators. Surely there's another way?

7:00am March 07, 2024

by Aisha Harris

From a perceived Barbie snub to the notching of a few significant historical firsts, this awards season has magnified the flaws in how art is celebrated and valued.

Wile E. Coyote and actor Will Forte are seen in a still image from the film Coyote vs. Acme. Eric Bauza, another actor in the film, posted the image online in December.

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Warner Bros. shelved 'Coyote vs. Acme.' Here's why some finished films are mothballed

5:01am March 07, 2024

by Joe Hernandez

Warner Bros.' decision to cancel Coyote vs. Acme disappointed some cast, crew and fans — and had many wondering why a studio would shelve a project it had spent millions of dollars to make.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer on the set when Alec Baldwin's revolver fired a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

'Rust' film armorer found guilty in death of cinematographer

7:52pm March 06, 2024

by Mandalit del Barco

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed is the first to stand trial in a case reexamining the movie industry's safety standards. Actor Alec Baldwin's criminal trial will start in July.

A Vermont woman tries to take on the loneliness epidemic in her corner of the country

6:18pm March 06, 2024

by Nina Keck

There's a loneliness epidemic in the United States according to the U.S. Surgeon General. One woman works to change that by organizing monthly get togethers in a small city in Vermont.

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