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Director Francis Ford Coppola at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Francis Ford Coppola is known for his cinematic masterworks such as Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy. Now, at age 85, the indie filmmaker has created Megalopolis, a mega-ambitious Roman epic set in…

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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli. NBC’s “The West Wing” premiered 25 years ago, the same year that HBO premiered “The Sopranos.” That year marked the beginning of a shift in power and quality from broadcast to cable TV, and “The West Wing” was one of the last shows from broadcast…

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Every night, inhabitants of the city that never sleeps are kept awake by everything from the sounds of slammed front doors reverberating down hallways to insomniac oboists who could use a few more lessons (ideally during the day). But what, exactly, are N.Y.C. residents doing while the rest of the world is sleeping soundly? The…

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Aduba dedicates her new memoir to her mother, Nonyem Aduba. “My self-talk, the way that I motivate myself into pursuing this business … is built out of language that my mother had given me,” Aduba says. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Roughly translated, actor Uzo Aduba’s first name — Uzoamaka — means…

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Demi Moore stars in the film about an aging actress who takes a black market drug to create a younger version of herself. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: In the new movie “The Substance,” Demi Moore stars as Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging actress with an Oscar reduced to hosting a popular fitness show. One day, her boss…

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Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga star in Joker: Folie à Deux. Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. hide caption toggle caption Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. After his 2019 Oscar-winning film Joker, director Todd Phillips knew he wanted to do more with the character — and with Joaquin Phoenix, who played the title role. The film centers on Arthur Fleck,…

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7 A.M. The person I am not gets up promptly to enjoy a perfect sunrise and does forty-five minutes of Pilates without first sitting on the toilet and staring into space for nine minutes while coming to no real conclusions. 7:45 A.M. The person I am not showers (adhering to an eco-friendly timer), throws her…

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NPR’s Scott Simon tells you (almost) everything you wanted to know about President Biden’s home state as it hosts the leaders of Australia, India and Japan. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “OUR DELAWARE”) RICK PICKREN: (Singing) Oh, our Delaware, our beloved Delaware. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Today’s diplomatic place to see and be seen by dignitaries – Wilmington,…

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Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. Christine Tamalet hide caption toggle caption Christine Tamalet A scene in the 2004 comedy Mean Girls finds the Plastics, the trio of mean teens at the film’s center, standing in front of a bedroom mirror lamenting their individual physical “flaws”: “huge” hips, ugly calves, “man shoulders.” After…

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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies. There are 47 days left in a presidential campaign that’s had more jolting developments than most of us have seen in any presidential campaign in our lifetimes. The first debate resulted in President Joe Biden withdrawing from the race, replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris…

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