Television

Wanda Sykes' New Comedy Special: 'What Happened Ms. Sykes?'

9:38am October 20, 2016

When Wanda Sykes appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, she poked fun at President Obama. She tells David Greene, that in her special, What Happened Ms. Sykes?, she takes aim at her wife.

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Taraji P. Henson plays family matriarch Cookie Lyon on Fox's Empire.

Books
Arts

'I Had To Create My Own Lane': How Taraji P. Henson Found Her Place In Hollywood

3:11pm October 14, 2016

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The actress became famous for her role in TV's Empire, but the road to Cookie wasn't easy. In her new memoir, Around the Way Girl, Henson shares stories of pushing her way to the top.

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First-time film actress Madina Nalwanga (left) says she often copied co-star Lupita Nyong'o's warm-up exercises on the set of Queen of Katwe.

Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Lupita Nyong'o, 'TV: The Book,' 'Take My Wife'

11:20am October 14, 2016

by Linda Holmes

This week in a special episode, we're featuring three conversations with interesting folks from movies, television, and books (about television).

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Cameron Esposito (left) and her wife Rhea Butcher play married comedians in their new show Take My Wife.

Arts

Lucy Loves Lucy In 'Take My Wife'

4:34pm October 13, 2016

by NPR Staff

When Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher went to pitch their new show they compared it to I Love Lucy. It's a goofy, sweet show — only this time, with lesbian comedians who are married to each other.

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Episode Of 'The Simpsons' Predicted Holstrom's Nobel Win

7:43am October 12, 2016

In 2010, a character on The Simpsons predicted that MIT Professor Bengt Holmstrom would win a Nobel Prize. Four of the show's cartoon children had a betting pool for the various Nobel Prizes.

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Gaby Hoffmann plays Ali on the Amazon series Transparent. She says her character was "lost in the woods of being lost" and is now working to become "more focused."

Arts

'I Never Set Out To Be An Actor,' Says 'Transparent' Star Gaby Hoffmann

2:29pm October 10, 2016

Hoffmann grew up in the Chelsea Hotel with her mother, an actress in Andy Warhol's Factory. Gaby appeared in Field of Dreams and other films as child, but says she saw acting as "a means to an end."

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Politics & Government

NBC Suspends Billy Bush For His Role On Trump Video

7:59am October 10, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The release of an 11-year-old Donald Trump video has sent reverberations throughout the media, and raised many questions about how news organizations should cover the GOP presidential candidate.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Henderson Pavilion in Nevada on Thursday.

'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women

11:29pm October 07, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

In a leaked secret recording, the now-GOP presidential nominee can be heard talking about kissing and grabbing women, because, "When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."

Thomas Haden Church and Sarah Jessica Parker star as Robert and Frances, a couple in a crumbling marriage in HBO's Divorce.

Arts

'Divorce' Finds The Comedy In Calling It Quits

6:44pm October 07, 2016

by NPR Staff

Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church are a middle aged couple in a crumbling marriage. Show creator Sharon Horgan says she thought it would make "funny and sad and terrifying viewing."

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Experts Puzzled Over Significant Drop In NFL TV Ratings

6:44pm October 07, 2016

The NFL's TV ratings dominance was once bulletproof. But this year, they are down 10 percent across the board. And experts are struggling to find a reason why. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to reporter Joe Flint, who wrote about this for the Wall Street Journal.

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