NBC Raises Its Musical Game With 'The Wiz Live'
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says NBC's production of The Wiz was "fully and fearlessly filled with blackness."
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WATCH: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Take On 'Star Wars'
Their film Sisters comes out the same weekend as Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Are they worried about getting crushed? "R2-D2 is my bra size," Fey says in a Sisters trailer called "The Farce Awakens."
'A Confederacy Of Dunces Cookbook': A Classic Revisited In Recipes
Set in 1960s New Orleans, A Confederacy of Dunces centers around Ignatius J. Reilly, a glutton in a city known for its cuisine. A new cookbook looks at the food central to the heralded comedic novel.
'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor Explores What Makes Us Get It
Humor is both a creative and a cognitive process, says Bob Mankoff, who has contributed cartoons to The New Yorker since 1977. Originally broadcast March 24, 2014.
Spike Lee Pits Sex Against Guns In A Powerful Message Movie
Lee's new film, Chi-Raq, is an adaptation of the Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which women withhold sex to get their men to stop fighting. Critic David Edelstein calls it a "sexy, brash and potent."
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Good Dinosaur,' Pixar And Second Thoughts
This week's show takes a look at the latest from Pixar — both the somewhat disappointing feature and the awesome short — and we consider the times we've changed our minds.
Fey And Poehler: 'Sisters' Who Will Take Down 'Star Wars' — Or Laugh Trying
What film would be crazy enough to schedule its release on the same day as the new Star Wars? Why, it's Sisters, the new film from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
Apocalypse Chow: We Tried Televangelist Jim Bakker's 'Survival Food'
Jim Bakker preaches that a catastrophe is imminent and will bring major food shortages. His "Survival Food" buckets sell for up to $4,500. We tested the contents of one for you.
Maggie Smith Excels As 'The Lady In The Van'
Playwright Alan Bennett tells the unlikely but true story of a the homeless woman who parked her van in his driveway and lived there for 15 years.
Spike Lee Declares An Emergency In 'Chi-Raq'
Lee adapts Aristophanes' Lysistrata into the story of a Chicago woman who pledges to withhold sex as leverage to stop violence.