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Arts & Life
'Just Keep Swimming': A Lesson In Fortitude From Dory And DeGeneres
Thirteen years after her sidekick role in the animated undersea adventure Finding Nemo, Ellen DeGeneres returns to put her forgetful fish into the lead role in Finding Dory.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'O.J.: Made In America' And A Quiz
For the show's 300th episode, we look at a stunning new seven-and-a-half-hour documentary, take a TV-themed quiz and discuss What's Making Us Happy this week.
Nitza Villapol: The Woman Who Taught Cubans To Cook With Just About Anything
For over 40 years, Villapol hosted a popular cooking show in Cuba, her recipes shifting to reflect the realities of life under the revolution. No meat? No problem — she fried plantain peels instead.
In 'The Girls,' A Teen's Need To Be Noticed Draws Her Into A Manson-Like Cult
Emma Cline's debut novel was inspired by the infamous Manson family murders. But Cline says it wasn't the cult that fascinated her — it was the young girls who were so taken by it.
E3 Conference Showcases New Kind Of Video Game Celebrity
Millions of video game fans have created a new kind of celebrity — gamers who play live while others watch online. NPR looks at the biggest video game trade conference, known as E3, through the eyes of two of these celebrities.
'Central Intelligence' Places Kevin Hart Between The Rock And A Hard Place
At their high-school reunion, Dwayne Johnson's buffoonish super-spy draws his old hero, staid accountant Kevin Hart, into helping him thwart a possible terrorist plot.
'Locally Laid': A Humorous Memoir To Cure You Of Farming Fantasies
When Jason Amundsen told his wife he was quitting his job to raise pasture-raised eggs, she was less than amused. Readers, however, will chuckle at the story of their tragicomic path to success.
'Finding Dory' But Losing The Thread
The sequel to Pixar's beloved 2003 fish tale retains that movie's charms, but taking its main character out of the ocean makes for a thinner and less textured story.
Saura's 'Argentina': A Passionately Political Dance Documentary
Director Carlos Saura takes the viewer through a single, stunning performance of Argentinian dance in which political themes emerge from the continuous flow of music, motion and mood.