Arts

"I like the rug. It brings the room together." Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Tess (Anna Torv) in HBO's The Last of Us.

Arts

At the end of humanity, 'The Last of Us' locates what makes us human

10:33am January 12, 2023

by Glen Weldon

Like the video game it's based on, the HBO series about a mutated fungi that destroys civilization spotlights the connections between its compelling characters, not the monsters they face.

Joni Mitchell attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joni Mitchell wins Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from Library of Congress

9:08am January 12, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

Pathbreaking folk singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell has been awarded one of the nation's highest honors in songwriting.

U.S. national team player Crystal Dunn, second from left, listens to instructions with teammates during practice for a match against Nigeria Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Riverside, Mo.

U.S. women's soccer tries to overcome its past lack of diversity

5:18am January 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

While the U.S. women's national soccer team has steadily become more representative, players say there's still work to be done. That means ensuring young women of color feel included in the sport.

Books
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'Still Pictures' offers one more glimpse of writer Janet Malcolm

5:00am January 12, 2023

by Heller McAlpin

The New Yorker writer's posthumously published quasi-memoir is succinct and thought-provoking — and manages to capture so much of what made her so unfailingly interesting.

Guitarist Jeff Beck performs during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival. The influential guitarist died on January 10, 2023 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78

6:12pm January 11, 2023

by Andrew Limbong

Guitarist Jeff Beck was among a wave of influential English guitar players in love with American blues. He died on Tuesday, January 10 after contracting bacterial meningitis.

Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and '90s, has died at age 56.

Tatjana Patitz, one of the original supermodels of the '80s and '90s, dies at age 56

5:59pm January 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

The German-born Patitz was among an elite group of famed fashion supermodels who graced magazine covers. She famously appeared in George Michael's "Freedom! '90" music video.

The joy and journey of learning to roller skate as an adult

5:44pm January 11, 2023

by Kia Miakka Natisse

NPR's Kia Miakka Natisse describes how and why roller skating allows skaters, young and old, to push their bodies to the limit.

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Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) is an average Chinese mother who reluctantly becomes a superhero, jumping alternate worlds and absorbing powers to fight an evil villain.

Arts

How 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' captures my family's immigrant experience

5:33pm January 11, 2023

by Gary Duong

The movie is about parallelism; it centers on an alternate multiverse that reflects the real life of the movie's central family, and this family drama reflected my own life.

Ke Huy Quan poses with the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture award for Everything Everywhere All at Once during the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 10, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Arts

The Golden Globes had a lot to prove — and still have a long way to go

5:23pm January 11, 2023

by Eric Deggans

After years of scandal, these awards were about survival not simply ceremony. But the so-called "party of the year" was stunted by a hodgepodge of honors and a host whose caustic comedy didn't fit.

Encore: Michelle Yeoh finds beauty in the ordinary in 'Everything Everywhere'

5:11pm January 11, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with actress Michelle Yeoh about her leading role in the sci-fi action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.