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Wanda Sykes performs at the Miller Theater in Philadelphia during her Netflix special I'm an Entertainer.

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Wanda Sykes stands in solidarity with Hollywood writers: 'We can't back down'

1:28pm May 22, 2023

by Tonya Mosley

As a member of the Writers Guild of America, Sykes is fully supportive of the current strike; she says the survival of the craft is at stake. Her new Netflix special is I'm an Entertainer.

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During World War II, the American Red Cross Clubmobile corps (shown here on an airfield in England in 1943) provided donuts, coffee and friendly conversation to the troops.

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Luis Alberto Urrea pays tribute to WWII's forgotten volunteers — including his mother

1:28pm May 22, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

The author's mother was a Red Cross volunteer assigned to Patton's 3rd Army — she was with the troops who helped liberate Buchenwald. Urrea's new woman-centered wartime novel is Good Night, Irene.

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Mary Tyler Moore, shown here in 1969, won seven Emmy Awards over the course of her career.

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Hats off to an illuminating new documentary about Mary Tyler Moore

1:28pm May 22, 2023

by David Bianculli

HBO's Being Mary Tyler Moore draws on interviews and home movies to create a complex portrait of Moore, from her complicated private life, to her groundbreaking career.

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Halle Bailey stars as Ariel in Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid — the studio's latest blatant cash-grab.

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'The Little Mermaid' is the latest of Disney's poor unfortunate remakes

11:59am May 22, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Disney has a formula: Take a beloved animated property, update its sensibilities for modern audiences, recast it with a bunch of familiar faces and voices, and rehash it all in "live-action"/CGI form.

Roman (Kieran Culkin) thought he was ready to take over after his triumph on election night. He was wrong.

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'Succession' season 4, episode 9: 'Church and State'

10:16pm May 21, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Logan's funeral is a wrenching experience for his kids — and then they get right back to scheming and plotting, as civil unrest in the streets grows closer.

Simran Jeet Singh, pictured here in the days after the attack on the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. in 2012, says he turned to his faith to help him through.

Letting go of hate by questioning the very idea of evil

5:17pm May 21, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Author Simran Jeet Singh talks about how to move beyond hate and anger to see the humanity in others.

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Blue jeans were invented 150 years ago this week

10:44am May 21, 2023

by Jessica Green

It's hard to imagine a piece of clothing that's more wrapped up in American history and mythology than blue jeans. They were invented 150 years ago this week.

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A commercial for the Temu app run by production services company The Lift in Mexico City. This ad aired during the 2023 Super Bowl.

The next show you watch could be filmed in Mexico City

7:55am May 21, 2023

by James Fredrick

American and European companies are increasingly having their commercials, shows and films shot in Mexico, taking advantage of lower costs and experienced Mexican crews.

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A woman dropped her diamond ring down the toilet. 13 years later, it was found in the pipes

7:55am May 21, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

Mary Strand of Rogers, Minn., dropped a diamond ring down a toilet 13 years ago. She and her husband frantically tried to recover it to no avail. It finally turned up earlier this year.

Prince Harry has filed multiple lawsuits against tabloids in the U.K.

7:55am May 21, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rscoe talks with media expert Tim Luckhurst of Durham University in England about the lawsuits Prince Harry has filed against several tabloids there.