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Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text."

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He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name

2:09pm January 03, 2023

by Terry Gross

Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.

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Bill Nighy plays a bottled-up bureaucrat who embarks on a quest for meaning in Living.

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Sleekly sentimental, 'Living' plays like an 'Afterschool Special' for grownups

2:09pm January 03, 2023

by John Powers

Bill Nighy plays a bottled-up bureaucrat on a quest for meaning in Kazuo Ishiguro's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1952 film Ikiru. The first film felt inventive and urgent — Living doesn't live up.

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Gangsta Boo, a former member of Three 6 Mafia, dies at 43

7:03am January 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Lola "Gangsta Boo'' Mitchell was found dead Sunday in Memphis, Tenn., her hometown at the age of 43. The cause of death has not been released.

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More than fame and success, Rosie Perez found what she always wanted — a stable home

12:31pm January 02, 2023

by Terry Gross

Raised in a convent for abandoned kids, The Flight Attendant co-star used to dream of stability and a loving home. Now that she has it, Perez says, "It's priceless." Originally published May 9, 2022.

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Photo prints of the late Guru Jagat for sale at the RA MA Santa Monica yoga studio.

She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories

12:24pm January 02, 2023

by Emily Guerin

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

A woman sitting on a blank planner watching the sunset.

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Calendars are for managing your time. But planners are for dreaming without limits

8:00am January 02, 2023

by Ariana Stone

I've become partial to Passion Planners, which contain calendars, reflection prompts and journal pages. It's got enough structure to get me in the right headspace, with blank space to make it my own.

Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller, was a hit in London last year and now is coming to Broadway.

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Here are nine NYC shows we can't wait to see this spring

7:01am January 02, 2023

by Jeff Lunden

You never know what'll hit or miss — but you can look at who wrote the script and score, and who's directing and starring. Here's what Jeff Lunden is keeping his eye on, both on and off-Broadway.

Actor Jeremy Renner is in critical but stable condition from snow-plowing accident

6:11am January 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

The "Avengers" star Jeremy Renner sustained serious injuries while he was plowing snow, the actor's representative said. The actor has a home in Nevada, but it is unclear where he was hurt.

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Photographing the levity and macabre of living through the war in Ukraine

5:04pm January 01, 2023

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with photographer Carol Guzy, about her most recent photo essay, which documents a young couple living with the effects of the Ukraine war.

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The Rose Parade returns without pandemic restrictions for the first time

8:07am January 01, 2023

by Emily Feng

A New Year's Day tradition returns without pandemic restrictions. Mechanical engineering student Benny Cruz describes the design and construction of the float he'll be driving.