A poster of Halyna Hutchins during a vigil in her honor in the days following her death in October 2021. Andres Leighton/AP hide caption toggle caption Andres Leighton/AP Until now, the only footage released from the indie Western movie Rust has been shown in court. In clips, lead actor and co-producer Alec Baldwin can be…
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Jimmy O. Yang plays a waiter who finds himself embroiled in a mystery in Interior Chinatown. Mike Taing/Hulu hide caption toggle caption Mike Taing/Hulu When actor Jimmy O. Yang first read Interior Chinatown, he felt a spark of recognition. Charles Yu’s National Book Award-winning novel tells the story of an Asian American waiter named Willis…
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The North Fork Community Choir practices at the North Fork Baptist Church in Paonia, Colo., on Nov. 6 — the day after Election Day. Luna Anna Archey for NPR hide caption toggle caption Luna Anna Archey for NPR Over the last few years and through this year’s contentious campaign season, which was rooted in America’s…
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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Congress returns this week with a busy agenda. The first item on the list is electing who will lead each chamber. President-elect…
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. I always look forward to a new Richard Price novel, and after nearly 10 years of waiting, he has a new one called “Lazarus Man.” During those 10 years, he cocreated and wrote for the HBO series “The Night Of” and “The Outsider” and wrote…
Women and how they wield power are at the center of HBO’s new series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel to the epic first imagined by Frank Herbert in the 1960s. The six-episode season, debuting Sunday on Max, tells the origin story of the matriarchal order later known as the Bene Gesserit, 10,000 years before the rise…
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Jon M. Chu, director of the upcoming film Wicked, discusses the film during the Universal Pictures and Focus Features presentation at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Jon M. Chu, director of the upcoming film Wicked, discusses the film during the Universal Pictures and Focus Features…
“There’s actual studies that show that itching is contagious,” journalist Annie Lowrey says. “Watching somebody scratch will make a person scratch.” Kinga Krzeminska/Moment RF via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kinga Krzeminska/Moment RF via Getty Images We’ve all had bug bites, or dry scalp, or a sunburn that causes itch. But what if you…
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Guests and incarcerated men sit alongside each other at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility’s first-ever film festival on Oct. 24. Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption toggle caption Tsering Bista/NPR At the Sing Sing maximum security prison, about 40 miles north of New York City, the campus chapel was bustling with activity on a recent Thursday. Guests…
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Karla Sofía Gascón plays the title role in Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Pérez. Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma hide caption toggle caption Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma Karla Sofia Gascón is living the time of her life. She plays the title role in…
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