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'Wait Wait' for Feb. 18, 2023: With Not My Job guest Rosie Perez

12:06pm February 18, 2023

Rosie Perez is a cultural icon, from Do the Right Thing to her new role on Showtime's Your Honor. She's done it all, but can she answer our questions about advice columnists?

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Actor Billy Crudup on his new Apple TV+ show 'Hello Tomorrow!'

8:02am February 18, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to actor Billy Crudup about his new Apple TV+ show "Hello Tomorrow!," in which his character tries to master the real estate business... and outer space.

Park Ji-Min stars as Freddie in Return to Seoul.

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'Return to Seoul' is about reinvention, not resolution

7:00am February 18, 2023

by Teresa Xie

This is a film that's easy to love: It has a killer soundtrack, a magnetic protagonist and a gorgeous cinematic backdrop. It's a coming of age story that contemplates the impermanence of who we are.

Remembering Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, dead at age 66

5:07pm February 17, 2023

Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman has died at 66. Over his career, he developed a specialty helping people publicly come out of the closet, during a time when doing so could jeopardize their careers.

Madonna decries 'ageism and misogyny' after criticism of her new look

5:07pm February 17, 2023

Legendary singer Madonna was criticized on social media for her new look after an appearance at the Grammys. Novelist Jennifer Weiner defends the artist's "new face" as a beautiful provocation.

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His Dark Materials on HBO is an adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy.

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

5:00pm February 17, 2023

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Scriptnotes podcast, Elissa Bassist's Hysterical, and more.

Mardi Gras is back, but New Orleans businesses are dealing with a volatile economy

4:36pm February 17, 2023

by Carly Berlin

Mardi Gras in New Orleans is back in full swing this year. Hundreds of thousands of revelers will be in the city as local businesses are still dealing with the volatile post-pandemic economy.

A visitor enters the Officers Casino building at ESMA on March 19, 2016. The windows are filled with images of civilians who were tortured and killed here.

'El Juicio (The Trial)' details the 1976-'83 Argentine dictatorship's reign of terror

4:25pm February 17, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial will be shown to the public for the first time.

A Make-A-Wish recipient recalls meeting Michael Jordan, who just donated $10 million

4:13pm February 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Katie Dankowski about Michael Jordan's record-breaking $10 million donation. Dankowski met Jordan herself, as her wish as a child battling a brain tumor.

Tyler James Hoare was a beloved artist who made his mark on San Francisco.

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With fake paperwork and a roguish attitude, he made the San Francisco Bay his gallery

3:24pm February 17, 2023

by Alejandra Marquez Janse

For decades, small sculptures would pop up along the San Francisco shoreline: whimsical sculptures of biplanes, like the Red Baron, perched on pier pilings. This is the story of the man behind them.

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