On ‘SNL,’ Lil Wayne And Future Address Consent

November 11, 2018

Lil Wayne, left, with Future during the sketch "Booty Anthem," from the Nov. 10, 2018 episode of Saturday Night Live.

Two rappers find themselves in a comedy skit as foils for a serious message.

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New Documentary Paints A Picture Of The Contemporary Art Market Run Amok

November 4, 2018

Abstract artist Larry Poons is enjoying a late-career resurgence of interest, decades after his optical dot paintings attracted acclaim in the 1960s. Poons is a key figure in the documentary The Price of Everything.

HBO’s The Price of Everything calls into question the current price explosion and commodification of modern art “that’s fascinating, but it’s also terrifying,” says director Nathaniel Kahn.

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U.N. debut for New Zealand’s ‘First Baby’: diaper change, peace summit

September 24, 2018

With a mock security pass that lists her as the “First Baby” of New Zealand, 3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – spoke at a peace summit in the General Assembly.

Retired NASA Agent Aims To Account For All 50 Moon Rocks

September 22, 2018

NPR’s Scott Simon talks to former NASA investigator Joe Gutheinz about his quest to track down missing moon rocks brought back to Earth by the Apollo 11 mission.

Photographer Tyler Mitchell On Being The First African-American To Shoot A ‘Vogue’ Cover

August 15, 2018

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Tyler Mitchell about being the first African-American photographer to shoot the cover for Vogue and what it was like to work with Beyonce.

Actress Jessie Buckley On Her Character’s Dark Role In ‘Beast’

May 12, 2018

Jessie Buckley stars in the new psychological thriller, Beast, set on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. NPR’s Ari Shapiro spoke with Buckley about her role.

Documenting The Offstage Life Of Playwright Arthur Miller (AKA Dad)

April 8, 2018

In a new film, Rebecca Miller paints an intimate portrait of her father, the towering icon of American theater and one-time celebrity, out of decades’ worth of home interviews.

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March 21, 2018

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Oscar-Nominated ‘Knife Skills’ Showcases Ex-Cons And Odd Ducks In The Kitchen

March 3, 2018

Chef Gilbert Brenot teaches trainees at Edwins about meat preparation. The fine-dining restaurant in Cleveland provides education, housing and steady employment for former inmates and is the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary.

The documentary chronicles the opening of Edwins, a fine-dining restaurant in Cleveland that provides education, housing and steady employment for former inmates.

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Close Encounters With Congress?

October 21, 2017

The Apollo 11 space module floating above the moon. Next-generation space queries may tend toward the political: Do the extraterrestrial beings have political action committees? Are there extraterrestrial lobbyists?

A congressional candidate in Florida has said she was taken aboard a spaceship when she was 7 years old. She does not mean at Disney World.

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