Jeff Goldblum says acting was an escape from a tough culture of “whoever is strongest wins.” Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe hide caption toggle caption Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe Jeff Goldblum says acting was an escape from a tough culture of “whoever is strongest wins.” Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe A…
Critics have said the promotional materials for the film It Ends With Us glamorize domestic violence. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us has been adapted into a star-studded film, starring the likes of Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. But…
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Today classic films and movie icons – from now through Labor Day, we’re featuring a series of interviews from our archive with Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Samuel L. Jackson, Dennis Hopper, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster, Molly Ringwald and more. Later on today’s show, we’ll hear…
Tiny plastic shards found in human testicles, study says. —CNN. (For Leonard) Who am I? I’m nobody. I was cut from every team in high school. I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. I don’t make six figures. My wife constantly cheats and recounts it to me. My teen-age children do not speak to…
People browse Halloween displays at Lowe’s Home Improvement hardware store in East Rutherford, N.J., on Aug. 30, 2023. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP Summer is weeks from being over, but ghosts, goblins and pumpkin spice lattes are here once again. “Summerween” is that time of the year when big-box retailers start to…
TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. And my guest today, Oscar-nominated actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, is known for her emotionally resonant and nuanced performances. She chooses characters that personally connect with her, that allow her to communicate elements of herself and where she comes from. In 2023, for example, she starred as…
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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies. Today we’re going to consider the state and future course of two bloody conflicts occupying the world’s attention with veteran foreign policy analyst Daniel Byman. He recently returned from Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia since Moscow invaded the country more than two…
INSTAGRAM: Hey, you made it! Wanna hot dog? FACEBOOK: Hot dogs are meat tubes that Oscar Meyer uses to control our minds via sulfites. Connect the dots. INSTAGRAM: Uh-huh. Beers are in the cooler. Help yourself. FACEBOOK: Here is a picture that your aunt shared of Jesus Christ wearing a Marine Corps officer’s uniform for…
A scene from Mountains. Music Box Films hide caption toggle caption Music Box Films MIAMI — For decades a neighborhood in Miami known as Little Haiti has been the center of the Haitian community. But what’s made the area so unique now has the attention of developers. A filmmaker wanted to document the changes and…
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Jamila Wignot, the filmmaker behind a new documentary series called Stax: Soulsville USA, about the story of the legendary record label. (SOUNDBITE OF BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.S SONG, “GREEN ONIONS”) AILSA CHANG, HOST: You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax Records, like this one by…
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