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'Wait Wait' for March 18, 2023: With Not My Job guest Sam Waterston

8:47am March 18, 2023

Sam Waterston is a legendary actor and the chairman of the board of Oceana, an environmental NGO. Most know him from Law & Order (dun dun), but can he answer our questions about Dum-Dums?

Directors Daniel Kwan (left) and Daniel Scheinert pose with their best director trophies for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Let's celebrate the mistakes the Oscars didn't make

7:01am March 18, 2023

by Stephen Thompson

Just one last word about the 2023 Academy Awards, which wrapped Sunday in a manner largely free of catastrophic embarrassment: Here's an unsexy-but-crucial rundown of the mistakes that were avoided.

Hilton says she has been misunderstood and underestimated.

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Paris Hilton was the center of it all. Now she's shedding the 'character' she created

6:00am March 18, 2023

by Juana Summers

Before the word "influencer" was a household term, before Instagram and TikTok allowed users to document every moment of their life in real time, Paris Hilton was the woman at the center of it all.

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Balloons are seen wrapped around a tree in caution tape at Robb Elementary School on May 31, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas, a week after the school shooting.

With gun control far from sight, schools redesign for student safety

7:29pm March 17, 2023

by Mallika Seshadri

In the wake of ongoing school shootings, architects are designing schools to minimize risk and increase student connection.

Kirsten Holmes and Jevon Skipper shared the Tiny Desk space with the U2 stars.

They performed with Bono and The Edge (after their parents told them who they are)

7:11pm March 17, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Or perhaps Bono and The Edge performed with them.

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Actor Lance Reddick visits 'The IMDb Show' on June 19, 2019 in Studio City, California.

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Lance Reddick, star of 'John Wick' and 'The Wire,' dead at 60

5:07pm March 17, 2023

by Ciera Crawford

Reddick was found dead at his Los Angeles home Friday. He died of natural causes.

Willem Dafoe stars as Nemo in Inside, directed by Vasilis Katsoupis.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend listening and viewing

5:00pm March 17, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Willem Dafoe film Inside and the podcast Louder Than A Riot.

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Two halves of a 17th-century family portrait have been reunited

4:11pm March 17, 2023

Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

"Forget Pat's, forget Geno's. Jim's. Jim's in the best cheesesteak in Philly." Shazam (Zachary Levi) and Hespera (Helen Mirren) have a sit-down.

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'Shazam! Fury of the Gods' is a near myth

4:11pm March 17, 2023

by Glen Weldon

The sequel to the 2019 film that starred Zachary Levi as the adult superhero persona of a lonely teen goes bigger. And goofier. But the fuel mixture's off and Levi's one-note performance grates.

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Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh wants to change the way we think of superheroes

2:06pm March 17, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

Yeoh felt relieved when she first read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once: Finally, here was a film that cast a middle-aged mother as an action hero. Originally broadcast April 2022.

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