Arts & Life

Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving in Loving.

Arts

TIFF Diary, Day 1: 'Loving,' 'Magnificent Seven,' 'Salesman,' 'Jean of the Joneses'

12:00pm September 09, 2016

by Linda Holmes

In Linda Holmes' first dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival, she reviews films about a civil rights case, gunslinging, a strained marriage and a warm, talky family.

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Cameron Esposito: Every Action Movie Has An Equal And Opposite Reaction Movie

10:46am September 09, 2016

Comedian Cameron Esposito tells us about her new series Take My Wife, inspired by her and her wife Rhea Butcher.

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Dude Stole My Invention

10:41am September 09, 2016

We were inspired by true stories of men who took credit for a woman's invention or discovery, and wrote those accounts as if they appeared in a crime blotter.

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Ghandi Or Jolie?

10:41am September 09, 2016

"I kinda wanted to be a vampire." Was that said by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mahatma Gandhi, or Academy Award winner and star of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Angelina Jolie?

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Craig Robinson: One For The Ladies

10:41am September 09, 2016

Comedian Craig Robinson talks about his new movie Morris From America. Then he joins Jonathan Coulton in a rewrite of Styx's "Lady" about famous people or things that start with the word 'lady.'

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Get The H Out Of Here

10:41am September 09, 2016

Shaver saver, tenth tent, hit it. We'll hint at two word phrases like these. Get the second word by removing the letter "H" from the first. That's it!

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Hail To The Chief

10:41am September 09, 2016

In this final round, every answer contains the last name of a U.S. President.

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Hosts Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott of HGTV's Property Brothers speak onstage during CMA Festival on June 10, 2016.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: HGTV And Cooking Shows

7:00am September 09, 2016

by Glen Weldon

This week, the discussion takes a decidedly domestic turn as Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Kat Chow and Barrie Hardymon talk real estate shows, home renovation shows, and cooking shows.

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Ann Patchett is also the author of several other novels, including Bel Canto, Run and State of Wonder. She is the co-owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn.

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Ann Patchett Calls 'Commonwealth' Her 'Autobiographical First Novel'

6:51pm September 08, 2016

by NPR Staff

Commonwealth is actually Patchett's seventh novel, but it draws heavily on her own family experience, and she compares it to the classic thinly-veiled autobiography often written by young authors.

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'Come From Away' Musical Tells Story Of Resilience After 9/11

6:51pm September 08, 2016

by Wade Goodwyn

As the extent of the 9/11 attacks became known, 38 planes were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland. More than 6,000 passengers and crew were taken in by families there. Their story is the subject of a new musical called, Come From Away, which runs at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., in September and October before heading to Broadway.

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