Television

Co-creators of the Fox series Shots Fired, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood, speak at a press tour in January.

Arts

'Shots Fired' Creators Want To 'Challenge Your Perspective' On Police Shootings

1:51pm April 09, 2017

by Michel Martin

Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood are the husband-wife screenwriting duo behind the Fox TV series that imagines the fallout of a flipped script: a black cop shoots an unarmed white man.

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Superstar Rogelio De La Vega (Camil) meets his daughter, Jane, for the first time in the show's first season.

Arts

Actor Jaime Camil On How 'Jane The Virgin' Humanizes Its Telenovela Characters

8:02am April 09, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Camil plays Jane's telenovela star father, Rogelio De La Vega. He says the show's storylines may be ridiculous, but every character comes from a sincere place.

Remembering Don Rickles, The Insult Comic Who Made Fun Of Everything

1:29pm April 07, 2017

Rickles, who died yesterday, mined racial, ethnic and religious stereotypes for laughs. "I crossed the line when nobody else could do it," he once said. Originally broadcast in 2008, 1998 and 2007.

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Brian Reed is the host and co-creator of S-Town.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'S-Town' and 'Chewing Gum'

1:28pm April 07, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, we delve into the latest hit podcast, S-Town, and we breeze through the delightful sitcom Chewing Gum, imported from the UK and available on Netflix.

Black-and white-keffiyeh like the one pictured above, have been long associated with Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian resistance. This week, fast-fashion Brit emporium Top Shop, used similar fabric for a "scarf playsuit."

National

This Week In Race: Pepsi Challenged; Appropriation Nation; Black Twitter Explained

4:31am April 07, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

California's Senate votes to limit the cooperation police can give immigration authorities, while research shows fear of deportation can make people sick. And, Pepsi's unity message backfires.

Arts

25 Years Ago, 'Barney' The Dinosaur First Appeared On TV Screens

5:14pm April 06, 2017

NPR marks the 25th anniversary of a bouncing, purple T-Rex with oddly regular teeth, and a theme song that delighted toddlers, but to this day puts thousands of parents on edge.

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Don Rickles was jokingly known as "The Sultan of Insult."

Arts

Comedian Don Rickles, Merciless 'Merchant Of Venom,' Dies At 90

3:43pm April 06, 2017

The famed insult comic and showbiz veteran worked well into his 80s. In his prime, Hollywood elites like his friend Frank Sinatra considered it an honor to be roasted by Rickles.

Comics and graphic novels have become a flourishing space for explorations of race and identity. But what are the compromises they have to make to reach and please wide audiences?

Changing Colors In Comics

4:14pm April 05, 2017

by Gene Demby

Gene Demby and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity.

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Alec Baldwin says his SNL impersonation of President Trump is purposefully exaggerated, a "Macy's Day Parade of Trump."

Books
Arts

Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump

4:07pm April 05, 2017

Baldwin tells Fresh Air that his SNL impression of the president is purposefully exaggerated. "There's a kind of volume to it," he says. "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."

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YouTube TV initially offers about 40 channels to subscribers in five of the largest U.S. markets.

Arts

Once An Alternative To Mainstream TV, YouTube Now Offers Just That With New Service

3:16pm April 05, 2017

by Eric Deggans

With its streaming TV service launching Wednesday, YouTube joins a crowded field. But it offers several features the others don't.