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'Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time' remains faithful to the author's spirit

1:25pm November 17, 2021

by David Bianculli

A new documentary bounces randomly, rather than chronologically, through Vonnegut's life, with music, editing, photography and sequencing that are fully in line with what, and how, Vonnegut wrote.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones won a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2017. She is a tenured faculty member at Howard University.

'1619 Project' journalist says Black people shouldn't be an asterisk in U.S. history

1:25pm November 17, 2021

by Arun Venugopal

Nikole Hannah-Jones says the contributions of Black people are often left out of the American story. Her mission is to reframe U.S. history through the lens of slavery.

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Mexican painter Frida Kahlo's "Diego y yo" set a new auction record for art by a Latin American artist, selling for $34.9 million at Sotheby's on Tuesday night.

Frida Kahlo just shattered an auction record, ousting her husband

11:17am November 17, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"Diego y yo" depicts Kahlo's husband, Diego Rivera, on her forehead. It fetched $34.9 million in a Sotheby's auction — shattering a record set by Rivera.

While a thermometer will tell you if oil is hot enough for frying, scientists say the sound a wet chopstick makes when dipped into the oil will, too.

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How do you know if your oil is hot enough to deep fry? Use your ears

11:00am November 17, 2021

Researchers in the field of fluid dynamics say understanding the sounds oil bubbles make at different temperatures has applications beyond the frying pan.

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Ivana Rojas as Sarai, Carlos Santos as Chris, Joaquin Cosio as Pop, and J.J. Soria as Erik.

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Netflix's 'Gentefied' feels real — because Latinx creatives are behind it

10:27am November 17, 2021

by Mia Estrada

In an industry where Latinx actors and creatives are woefully underrepresented, the creators of Netflix's Gentefied put their own lives into the show. The second season is out now.

The Navajo Nation Museum premiered a Navajo-dubbed version of Clint Eastwood's 1964 classic, A Fistful of Dollars this week.

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Dubbing 'A Fistful of Dollars' to spread the Navajo language

8:28am November 17, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The Navajo Nation Museum is bringing a newly voiced version of the classic spaghetti Western to the Navajo Nation.

Court Watson and William Ivey Long at The Lost Colony, in a photo that Watson believes was taken in 2001 or 2002.

A prominent Broadway costume designer is accused of sexual abuse

1:53pm November 16, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

William Ivey Long is an iconic presence on Broadway, designing costumes for shows such as Diana: The Musical and Chicago. Now two men have accused the former Tony Awards chairman of sexual abuse.

Blair Braverman is a contributing editor to Outside Magazine. She's also appeared on the Discovery reality show Naked and Afraid, in which she and a partner were left in a remote area of South Africa without clothes, food or water for three weeks.

Don't get dragged! Iditarod musher shares tales from the trail

1:17pm November 16, 2021

by Dave Davies

Blair Braverman says if she lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. The question, she says, is not how to get sled dogs to go. Rather, it's how do you get them to stop?

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A young Daniel Radcliffe stars as Harry Potter in "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone," which premiered in 2001.

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Yer a relic, Harry: The first Harry Potter movie premiered exactly 20 years ago

12:38pm November 16, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" premiered on Nov. 16, 2001. To celebrate, we're dusting off our Pensieve and revisiting NPR's coverage from 20 years ago.

Rachel Brosnahan has received raves for her performance in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, but comedian Sarah Silverman says it's part of a trend of non-Jews playing emphatically Jewish characters.

A new question for an old religion: Should non-Jews play Jewish characters on-screen?

7:53am November 16, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

A new Apple TV+ show, The Shrink Next Door, seems to reflect a trend of non-Jewish actors playing emphatically Jewish characters, which recently caught the ire of comedian Sarah Silverman.