Arts & Life

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'Finding Dory' Makes A Big Splash, With Slapstick Humor And Witty Dialog

2:31pm June 17, 2016

by David Edelstein

Ellen DeGeneres gives voice to a memory-challenged fish in search of her parents in Pixar's follow-up to its 2003 hit Finding Nemo. Critic David Edelstein says Finding Dory is full of laughs.

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Silence On The Sidelines: An MLB Insider's 'Manifesto' On Youth Sports

2:31pm June 17, 2016

Baseball's Mike Matheny talks about his playing career, managing in the big leagues and the pressures of youth sports. Matheny is the author of The Matheny Manifesto. Originally broadcast May 5, 2015.

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Ramzy Nashwan, a regular at Level Up, gets a bowl of molokhia, a traditional, somewhat slimy soup made of jute leaves.

At The 'Only Place That's Fancy' In Gaza City, A Ramadan Iftar In The Sky

2:26pm June 17, 2016

by Emily Harris

Situated 11 stories above Gaza City, Level Up is a rare restaurant in the war-torn Palestinian territory that offers a taste of luxury. But operating a high-end joint in this area is not easy.

Arts

Celine Di-On It!

10:56am June 17, 2016

Kimiko Glenn from Orange is the New Black and the musical Waitress talks about her quick turn-around from audition to regular on the Netflix show and sings her heart out to Celine Dion.

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Give Us Some Sugar

10:56am June 17, 2016

This game is inspired by the Def Leppard song "Pour Some Sugar On Me." If we said, "Hey BLAND FOOD, should I spice you with black granules next to the salt?," you would sing, "POUR SOME PEPPER ON ME"

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Original Names

10:56am June 17, 2016

Contestants pick out a company's original name from three possible choices.

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Queen's Queens

10:56am June 17, 2016

House musician Jonathan Coulton changes the lyrics of classic Queen songs to be about real or fictional queens. With tunes this catchy, resistance is feudal!

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Reverse Psychology

10:56am June 17, 2016

In this phoner game all about clichés, contestants guess the common saying after hearing its rough opposite. If we said "dummies disagree," you'd say, "great minds think alike."

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Wikisneaks

10:56am June 17, 2016

Anyone with a computer can edit almost any Wikipedia page they want. We imagine what would happen if famous people wrote their own pages to make them sound a little more flattering.

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What's Wrong With Jonathan Coulton

10:56am June 17, 2016

In this installment of What's Wrong With Jonathan Coulton, he must discern which statement is true.

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