Arts & Life

After Superstorm Sandy, Saucedo used aid materials from the Red Cross to create Red Cross Blanket (Family Portrait as Water).

Arts

After Sandy, Katrina And Sept. 11, This Sculptor Finds Art In Survival

2:25pm September 11, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

Christopher Saucedo lost a brother in the twin towers, and two of his houses were flooded in the storms. He says he hopes his art shows people what it means to lose and how we manage to survive.

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Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis are serial cheaters who meet up years after having a one-night stand in Sleeping with Other People.

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'Sleeping With Other People': A Romantic Comedy That Breaks With Convention

1:25pm September 11, 2015

by David Edelstein

In Leslye Headland's new sex comedy, two serial cheaters meet up years after a one-night stand. Critic David Edelstein says the film mixes emotional weirdness with sexual frankness — in a good way.

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Dickie Moore, the prolific child actor who made his screen debut in a silent film opposite John Barrymore, has died at age 89.

'Little Rascals' Actor Dickie Moore Dies At 89

12:28pm September 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Moore was part of the Our Gang crew for one year, from 1932-33. Over a very busy career as a young actor, he appeared in more than 100 films.

The Food and Drink Museum will open in its first permanent home – a mini-museum in Brooklyn — in October. The plan is to move into a bigger, final home by 2019. Above, an artist's rendering shows one potential exhibit – on ready-to-eat cereal — in

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A Food Museum Grows In Brooklyn

12:15pm September 11, 2015

by Tove Danovich

An ambitious plan to create an interactive, world-class museum dedicated to the edible comes closer to reality. The Museum of Food and Drink will have its first permanent home starting next month.

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Alison Brie Discusses 'Mad Men,' 'Community' And Her Start In Show Business

10:46am September 11, 2015

Following her breakout TV roles, actress Alison Brie moves to the big screen in Sleeping with Other People, a romantic comedy about serial cheaters who meet up 12 years after having a one-night stand.

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Susanne Wuest plays a mother who has returned home to her children after reconstructive surgery in Goodnight Mommy.

Arts

A Mom Might Not Be A Mom, And Yes, That's Scary

8:30am September 11, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

The new thriller Goodnight Mommy follows a child's simple what-if question to horrific lengths.

Stephen King poses for the cameras during his promotional tour for the novel Doctor Sleep in 2013. Now, just imagine him in a suit and tie, with a medal around his neck.

A Medal For A King — And For Many Of America's Greatest Living Artists

11:10pm September 10, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

The 2014 National Medals of Arts and the National Humanities Medals was awarded in tandem Thursday to 21 of the most renowned U.S. artists and patrons. Among the winners was Stephen King.

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'Lost Child' Wraps Up Ferrante's Neapolitan Series With 'Perfect Devastation'

6:55pm September 10, 2015

by Maureen Corrigan

Elena Ferrante's edgy "Neapolitan Novels" chronicle a decades-long friendship between two Italian women. Maureen Corrigan says the fourth and final novel, The Story of the Lost Child, is spectacular.

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Richard Gere plays the homeless George harrowed by his demons in Time Out of Mind.

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Richard Gere Shines In The Bleak 'Time Out Of Mind'

6:44pm September 10, 2015

by Ella Taylor

A new film follows a homeless man working constantly to survive on the streets of New York City and traces his challenge to hold on to his identity.

Books
Arts

A Gargantuan Error: Quixotic Is Not The Only Word From A Book Character

6:41pm September 10, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Bruce Conforth, professor of American culture at the University of Michigan, about words that have entered colloquial language after originating as book characters.

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