DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli. “A Complete Unknown,” the new film about Bob Dylan’s early career, starring Timothee Chalamet, is out in theaters. Today we hear from three of the people who were depicted in the film – first, Suze Rotolo, who was Dylan’s girlfriend and his muse. She met…
TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. On this day of Jimmy Carter’s funeral, which has also been declared a national day of mourning, we listen back to more excerpts of the interviews I recorded with him over the years. At 100 years old, Carter was the oldest living former president in…
Tilda Swinton plays a war correspondent who is dying of cancer in The Room Next Door. The film is based on the 2020 novel, What Are You Going Through, by Sigrid Nunez via Venice Film Festival hide caption toggle caption via Venice Film Festival Oscar-winning actor Tilda Swinton is not afraid of the end of life. It’s…
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Nicole Kidman plays the CEO of a high-tech shipping company, and Harris Dickinson is her intern, in Babygirl. Niko Tavernise/A24 hide caption toggle caption Niko Tavernise/A24 Ever since silent film audiences swooned for Rudolph Valentino and the vamp Theda Bara, the movies have packed a sexual charge. But filmmakers have always had trouble dealing with…
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Every year, we make the same promises to ourselves: we’ll get in shape. We’ll start saving. We’ll stop following Nancy home from the office. But every year we break these promises. Why? Because promises are flimsy, inconvenient, and outdated. In short, they’re the last things we want to keep. I once swore a blood oath…
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Kieran Culkin in the press room at the Beverly Hilton after winning a Golden Globe for best supporting actor in a motion picture for his performance in A Real Pain. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/AP The 82nd Golden Globe awards take place Sunday night in Beverly Hills, California, hosted by comedian Nikki…
Anna Konkle in The Afterparty on Apple TV+ Apple TV+ hide caption toggle caption Apple TV+ Subscribing to every streaming service out there is not an option for most people. It just isn’t. They’re too expensive, there are too many, and it’s also just a lot of work to keep track of so many options…
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TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. The Netflix Spanish-language musical film “Emilia Perez” centers on a drug cartel leader who decides to undergo gender affirmation surgery and start a new life with a new identity as Emilia Perez. My guest, Selena Gomez, stars as Jessi Del Monte, the wife who was…
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Dear Detective, I’m not dead, but a lot of people can’t stand me. What I mean is that breathing is not an activity they want me to keep doing. What I mean is, they want to knock me off. My days are numbered. Before long, you’ll be standing in front of my lifeless body (ignore…
TikTok creators are preparing for the app to potentially be shut down in the U.S. this month unless it’s sold to a non-Chinese company. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dan Kitwood/Getty Images As a TikTok shutdown looms, many creators are preparing for life without the popular social media app that serves as news,…
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