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Arts

'Bros' offers lots of laughs — plus a serious commentary on queer identity

1:33pm September 30, 2022

by Justin Chang

Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane star in a nuanced comedy about how opposites can attract and also learn from each other. Bros means to send you out of the theater in a good mood — and it does.

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"An oil painting of a robot as a radio host, talking into a microphone in a wood-paneled studio"

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DALL-E is now available to all. NPR put it to work

6:13am September 30, 2022

by NPR Staff

Ever wonder what Nina Totenberg would look like dunking a basketball in space? An Edith Piaf Tiny Desk concert? With the AI-generated art tool now released to the public, you no longer have to.

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Washington.

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Trevor Noah said he is leaving The Daily Show. Take a look at some memorable moments

5:54am September 30, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Noah announced Thursday he is leaving the show, seven years after he took over as host from Jon Stewart.

Album cover for The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids.

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Raymond Antrobus uses spoken word poetry to portray a diverse experience of sound

5:01am September 30, 2022

by Jeevika Verma

The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids aims to make sound more inclusive for listeners by broadening the way in which we experience it.

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'Luda' isn't a book you read — it's a book you experience

5:00am September 30, 2022

by Gabino Iglesias

Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison.

Raffiella Chapman stars as Vesper, a 13-year-old bio-hacker.

In a bio-engineered dystopia, 'Vesper' finds seeds of hope

5:00am September 30, 2022

by Bob Mondello

In the sci-fi drama Vesper, the title character is a 13 year old bio-hacker who lives in a future where humankind has wiped out all edible plants.

Ginger Root's Cameron Lew wants his new EP to showcase city pop as familiar yet fresh

4:49pm September 29, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cameron Lew of the band Ginger Root about his new EP Nisemono and the vintage Japanese pop that inspires his sound.

Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.

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Can the hurricane TV reporters come inside now? Please?

1:54pm September 29, 2022

by Eric Deggans

This is an old debate and one the TV news industry seems to have already decided — but until someone is seriously injured doing this kind of reporting, it will continue.

Adrien Brody as The Playwright & Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde.

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'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise

12:00pm September 29, 2022

by Tom Vitale

The Netflix adaptation reimagines the inner life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons.

'Solito' is a personal story of immigration that sheds light on the universal

5:00am September 29, 2022

by Gabino Iglesias

Javier Zamora's book, as touching as it is sad, and as full of hope and kindness as it is harrowing, is the kind of narrative that manages to bring a huge debate down to a very personal space.