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Stepping Into 'Talking As Fast As I Can' Again Is Like Sense Memory For Actor Lauren Graham

8:53am December 04, 2016

Lauren Graham is the fast-talking Lorelei Gilmore, on Gilmore Girls, a role she recently reprised on Netflix. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang about her memoir, Talking As Fast As I Can.

Seafood Mousse: Cheer up, love, it might never happen.

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Hot-Dog Tiaras And Other '70s Dinner Party' Delicacies

10:52am December 02, 2016

by Jessica Leigh Hester

A food blogger's fascination with retro entertaining pays off in a colorful volume of curious eats.

Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop), Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel).

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Gilmore Girls' And 'Moana'

10:08am December 02, 2016

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we return to Stars Hollow and travel to Disney's latest gorgeous world with Daisy Rosario and super-librarian Margaret H. Willison.

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Ginger Rogers is a plucky hotel switchboard operator who helps foil a spy ring in Ginger Rogers And The Riddle Of The Scarlet Cloak.

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Ginger Rogers And The Case Of The Authorized Editions

11:12am December 01, 2016

by Genevieve Valentine

Before modern fan fiction, there were the Whitman Authorized Editions — a series of mystery novels from the 1940s and 50s that "starred" real movie stars, like Ginger Rogers and Gene Tierney.

Ilana (Ilana Glazer) and Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) routinely take the subway in Broad City. But public transit hasn't always been featured so prominently on television.

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Stand Clear Of The Doors: TV Finally Gets On Board With Mass Transit

8:10am November 30, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

TV doesn't have the best track record with public transportation; in the '90s and early 2000s, even shows set in New York rarely showed characters on the subway or bus. Now, that's starting to change.

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In The New 'Gilmore Girls,' Rory Gilmore Turns Out To Be A Bad Journalist

4:31pm November 29, 2016

The beloved show Gilmore Girls returned to the screen last week. In a Netflix revival, the characters are facing new challenges, but one character has been seen as a disappointment: Rory Gilmore. Megan Garber of The Atlantic describes why.

Alex Hibbert and Mahershala Ali, from a scene in "Moonlight.

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'Moonlight' Scored At The Gotham Awards, Which Is Why We Have Awards

11:30am November 29, 2016

by Linda Holmes

The ability of an initially low-profile film like Moonlight to soar at the Gotham Awards is one of the times when awards prove they don't have to just be cynical back-patting exercises.

Do 'Hipster Cooking Gadgets' Spoil Comfort Of Cooking?

9:38am November 27, 2016

Keith Blanchard wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal entitled "Why Hipster Cooking Gizmos Are Killing Cooking." He talks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about why they bother him so much.

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Actor Ron Glass Dies At Age 71

9:38am November 27, 2016

Actor Ron Glass died Friday evening. He was 71. In a career spanning more than four decades, Glass is best remembered for his role as detective Ron Harris on the sitcom "Barney Miller."

Actor Ron Glass known for his role in the long-running comedy "Barney Miller," has died at 71.

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Ron Glass, Emmy-Nominated Actor Best Known For 'Barney Miller,' Has Died At 71

9:14pm November 26, 2016

by The Associated Press

Glass died Friday of respiratory failure, his agent, Jeffrey Leavett, told The Associated Press. He appeared in dozens of shows in a television and film career dating to the early 1970s.