Arts & Life

Arts

Remembering Grant Tinker, 'Mary Tyler Moore' Producer And NBC Chair

1:48pm December 09, 2016

David Bianculli offers an appreciation of Tinker, who died last month. Also, we listen to a Fresh Air interview with Tinker from 1994, and an interview with Tinker's wife, Mary Tyler Moore, from 1995.

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Fantastically Stylized 'La La Land' Is A Musical Tour-De-Force

1:39pm December 09, 2016

by David Edelstein

A jazz keyboardist and an aspiring actress fall in love in Damien Chazelle's new romantic musical. Critic David Edelstein says La La Land features thrilling chemistry and magical music numbers.

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Pablo Hidalgo and Ophira Eisenberg at NPR's New York bureau.

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Pablo Hidalgo: Red Five Standing By

11:38am December 09, 2016

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Books
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The 10 Best Books Of 2016 Faced Tough Topics Head On

10:49am December 09, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says that if there's one word that characterizes her list this year, it's "serious." These books certainly aren't grim or dull, but they take on big, difficult subjects.

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Stump Jonathan Coulton

10:47am December 09, 2016

In this round of Stump Jonathan Coulton, it's the year 1004 and a relatively new hand-held object has just been derided by clergy as being "sinfully decadent."

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Tilt The Title

10:47am December 09, 2016

In this game, contestants rearrange the titles of famous books to make entirely new books.

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Dog, Park, Or Monster?

10:47am December 09, 2016

This, That, or the Other returns! Our clues fit into one of three categories: is it a dog breed, a national park, or a Japanese kaiju monster?

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Mystery Guest

10:47am December 09, 2016

This episode's Mystery Guest, Leslie Scott, calls in all the way from England. Leslie created something you can do with friends.

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Allads

10:47am December 09, 2016

If Jonathan Coulton sang the Cyndi Lauper song "Time After Time," but the lyrics were about the show Project Runway after Tim Gunn retires, the answer would be "Time After Tim."

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Mis-Direction

10:47am December 09, 2016

The never-ending struggle with your confused GPS hits an all-time high in this game about national landmarks. Contestants figure out where a virus-afflicted GPS is trying to direct them to.

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