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Bond (Daniel Craig) teams up with secret agent Paloma (Ana de Armas) in Havana in No Time to Die.

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Daniel Craig outshines 'No Time To Die' in his final turn as James Bond

2:14pm October 08, 2021

by Justin Chang

Craig has been a terrific James Bond, maybe even the best. But there's something a little too strained about the tragic emotional arc his character has carried with over the past several movies.

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'Ted Lasso' Season 2 finale recap: A big game, a big decision and a heel turn

12:28pm October 08, 2021

by Linda Holmes

It's a wrap on Season 2, as Ted leads his team through one last game, Roy and Keeley feel their way through some challenges, and Sam makes a decision.

Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) has a lot on her mind.

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'The Morning Show' recap, Season 2, Episode 4: Why drag Neil Diamond into this?

6:00am October 08, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Bradley and Laura are sitting in a tree, T-A-L-K-I-N-G. Alex doesn't want to moderate the debate, and even though Bradley and Daniel both desperately want to moderate it, Cory only wants her.

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott

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'Invisible Child' tells the story of childhood homelessness in America

5:34am October 08, 2021

by Ericka Taylor

While the book is very much the tale of young Dasani Coates, Andrea Elliott uses her story and that of her family to examine the many who find themselves in similarly impossible circumstances.

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'Top Chef Junior' competitor Fuller Goldsmith has died at age 17

6:36pm October 07, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

The Alabama native has died after battling leukemia. Goldsmith won the top prize on Chopped Junior when he was 14, before moving on to Top Chef Junior.

A view of the Kennedy Center from the water in Washington, D.C.

Stagehands at the Kennedy Center OK a strike, days after Hollywood crews did the same

5:58pm October 07, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Stagehands at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. voted unanimously to strike if the performing arts center proceeds with cuts.

Abdulrazak Gurnah has won this year's Nobel Prize in literature. Gurnah has written 10 novels, including Paradise, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

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The Nobel Prize in literature goes to a Black writer for the first time since 1993

5:53pm October 07, 2021

by Andrew Limbong

The Zanzibar-born novelist is known for his postcolonial works, examining refugee life in England and the effects of empire. He is the first Black person awarded the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993

In a new podcast, Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford converse for the 1st time

5:49pm October 07, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Salamishah Tillet, co-host of a new podcast that puts Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford in conversation together, for the first time. It's called Because of Anita.

Host of 'Making Gay History' reflects on coming of age during the AIDS crisis

5:01pm October 07, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Eric Marcus, the host of the podcast Making Gay History, about his audio memoir on coming of age during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, arrives on Capitol Hill on Nov. 21, 2019.

Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill warns the U.S. is on a path to autocracy

8:57am October 07, 2021

by Terry Gross

Fiona Hill was a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now she's warning about the threat to American democracy that comes from within. Her memoir is There Is Nothing for You Here.

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