Television

More Than 100 Fans Attend Bob Ross Experience In Indiana

6:55am November 02, 2020

For years on his PBS program, Bob Ross taught legions of wanna-be artists how to paint. This weekend fans toured his studio, attended a painting workshop and dressed up as Ross for a costume contest.

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Lorraine Bracco purchased an abandoned home in Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy, for a single euro. She chronicles her renovation efforts in My Big Italian Adventure on HGTV.

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Actor Buys A Crumbling Home For 1 Euro And It Turns Into A 'Big Italian Adventure'

3:23pm November 01, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The house Lorraine Bracco bought needed a lot of work. "Nobody in their right mind would have bought this," she says. She chronicles the renovation in her HGTV show, My Big Italian Adventure.

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Books
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Ina Garten: 'All My Books Really Are About Comfort Food'

5:39pm October 31, 2020

by Michel Martin

Sometimes you want a really good salad, Garten says. But now is not that time. Her new book, Modern Comfort Food, is packed full of recipes for beef stew, chocolate chip cookies and Boston cream pie.

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Anya Taylor-Joy And Scott Frank Of 'Queen's Gambit' On Making Chess Mesmerizing

7:47am October 31, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Scott Frank, one of the creators of Netflix's The Queen's Gambit and Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays Beth Harmon in the series.

The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and The Child in Season 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney+.

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Return Of 'The Mandalorian' (And Baby Yoda)

12:51pm October 30, 2020

by Eric Deggans

Season 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney+ began today. The first new episode of the rollicking space Western takes off immediately with action and new, yet familiar, characters.

Broadband installers Gus (Nick Frost) and Elton (Samson Kayo) midnight as paranormal investigators in Amazon's Truth Seekers.

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'Truth Seekers': Comedy-Horror Haunted By Ghosts, Gags And Satisfying Reveals

5:00am October 30, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Nothing's as it seems in this Amazon series, which (sort of) re-teams Nick Frost and Simon Pegg for a gently funny and sometimes scary tale about a team of paranormal investigators.

'Deutschland 89' Explores Life Of A Spy For Disintegrating East Germany In 1989

3:53pm October 29, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Anna and Joerg Winger, creators of the television series Deutschland 89, about the show's premiere.

Sarah Cooper delivers the news in her special Everything's Fine.

Arts

Sarah Cooper's Netflix Special Is As Weird As 2020, But In The Good Way

11:06am October 27, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Sarah Cooper became famous for TikTok videos in which she lip-synced the president. Now, she's digging deeper into the emotional messes of this year.

Host Adele during the Saturday Night Live monologue on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020.

'SNL': Adele Hosts Because 'Album's Not Finished,' But H.E.R. Debuts New Song

12:46pm October 25, 2020

by Stephen Thompson

Adele sang a bit in one sketch but left most of the music to H.E.R., who performed a new song called "Hold On."

Grace (Nicole Kidman) and Jonathan (Hugh Grant) come undone in The Undoing.

Arts

In 'The Undoing,' Secrets, Murder And Zzzzs

5:52am October 25, 2020

by Aisha Harris

Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant can't save this HBO erotic thriller from feeling like a slog.