DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Francis Ford Coppola also is a Kennedy Center Honoree for 2024. We’re going to listen to the story he told Terry Gross in 2016 about how Marlon Brando came to be cast in Coppola’s masterpiece “The Godfather.” At the time she spoke with him, he had published the…
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The Philadelphia bandleader didn’t always connect with traditional jazz audiences, but he found a second home doing so in Baltimore. A new double album revisit a show he and his “Arkestra” gave there. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Jazz historian Kevin Whitehead is going to review a newly released recording of a concert…
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Andrew Scott starred in the Netflix series Ripley, which was the most stunningly shot show TV critic David Bianculli saw in 2024. Stefano Cristiano Montesi/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Stefano Cristiano Montesi/Netflix I watch more television than anyone I know — and even I can’t pretend to have seen enough to compile a comprehensive end-of-year…
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Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is among the latest crop. Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Library of Congress It’s a most wonderful time of the year for classic film buffs and…
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The year in pop pivoted around a trio of artists — Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — whose music hinged upon assertions of creative ambition and admissions of romantic weakness. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has been listening back to the pop music made in 2024 and…
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Ilana Glazer at Hulu’s “Hularious” stand-up comedy celebration. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Getty Images North America A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I met Ilana Glazer exactly 10 years ago. Ilana and their co-star Abbi Jacobson were riding high on the success from their hilarious…
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In the 2002 medical thriller John Q, Denzel Washington and Kimberly Elise play parents who learn that their 9-year-old son’s heart transplant won’t be covered by insurance. Cinematic/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption toggle caption Cinematic/Alamy Stock Photo The killing of health insurance executive, Brian Thompson has led to a flood of anger on social media…
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Stephen and Evie McGee Colbert have been married since 1993. Eric Wolfinger/Celadon Books hide caption toggle caption Eric Wolfinger/Celadon Books As the host of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert takes the mantra “the show must go on” very seriously. Maybe that’s why, in December 2023, he insisted on taping two back-to-back shows, even…
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Comfort Near WaterLacey Township, N.J.Recently refurbished houseboat. Sleeps four guests comfortably, and many more less comfortably, but it’s definitely doable and safe, though no jumping all at once, please. Adorable kitchenette with mini-fridge, electric kettle, and retro classic compact microwave. Spacious patio seating, no chairs. Luxe bathroom equipped with drainable shower, toilet, and ultra-dissolving double-ply…
Construction of this $1 billion luxury real estate development in Los Angeles stalled in 2019 after a China-based developer ran out of funding, leaving the three-tower project unfinished amid a housing crisis in the city. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Heading into 2025, housing remains one of the most important…
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