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'Sinners' is a blood-drenched, blues-infected thriller

4:34pm April 17, 2025

by Bob Mondello

Twin brothers, both played by Michael B. Jordan, return to their Mississippi hometown in 1932 to start a juke joint in Ryan Coogler's otherworldly tale of race and music, Sinners.

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Actor Hugh Bonneville finds the humor and poignancy in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya

4:32pm April 17, 2025

by Mary Louise Kelly

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Hugh Bonneville about his starring role in the play Uncle Vanya, which is showing at D.C.'s Harman Hall.

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'Sinners' gives Michael B. Jordan two roles of a lifetime

12:00pm April 17, 2025

In Sinners, Ryan Coogler creates a bold original vision, and Michael B. Jordan is at the top of his game.

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Brett Goldstein finds you annoying, but he loves you anyway

7:00am April 17, 2025

Don't be fooled by Brett Goldstein's grumpy exterior – he can't resist a big, open-hearted story. He's learned that it's possible to love even the most annoying person if you look at them hard enough.

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'Sinners,' 'The Wedding Banquet' remake, and more in theaters this weekend

7:00am April 17, 2025

Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, Sinners. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, The Wedding Banquet.

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Here are some cheaper alternatives to dyeing eggs this Easter

4:26am April 17, 2025

If you love to dye Easter eggs, but don't love the current egg prices, here are some alternatives.

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More than half of Americans use subtitles because audio is 'muddled,' survey finds

4:24am April 17, 2025

by Barry Gordemer

Mumbling actors, multi-layered soundtracks and big TVs with little speakers are driving viewers to subtitles.

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Brett Goldstein avoids emotions at all costs

3:00am April 17, 2025

Don't be fooled by Brett Goldstein's grumpy exterior – he can't resist a big, open-hearted story. You see it in the TV shows he's acted in and helped create, "Ted Lasso" and "Shrinking." He's about to release a new HBO standup special called "The Second Best Night of Your Life." He spoke with Rachel about what Pixar knows about the afterlife and about finding ways to love annoying people.

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Katie Kitamura says a solution is not the point in her new novel 'Audition'

4:53pm April 16, 2025

by Christopher Intagliata

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Katie Kitamura on why she wanted to make her new novel Audition a puzzle, but not one to solve.

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Jazz tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons would have turned 100 this week

1:52pm April 16, 2025

Born on April 14, 1925, Ammons was a second-generation jazz musician from Chicago, who earned attention for his fiery work in Billy Eckstine's big band, and his staged duels with fellow saxophonists.

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