The disparity between the Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships was highlighted in a document provided to multiple media outlets by the NCAA. . . . The document cited examples as to why the women’s tournament budget is less than the men’s, saying the biggest difference in the championship budgets is the location of women’s tournament first-…
Amanda Seyfried plays a police officer investigating the disappearance of her sister in Long Bright River. Matt Infante/Peacock hide caption toggle caption Matt Infante/Peacock Every crime story takes place somewhere, but those “somewheres” can be very different in kind. There are the artificial somewheres of Agatha Christie’s country houses and the mean streets of noir….
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John Kani in Kunene and the King at Shakespeare Theatre Company. Teresa Castracane Photography hide caption toggle caption Teresa Castracane Photography Actor, playwright and activist John Kani is a legend in South Africa. He was arrested, beaten and almost left for dead because of his work developing and starring in plays that were often searing…
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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies. Season 2 of the comedy series “Mo” is now available on Netflix. It’s based on the life of Mo Amer, a comedian of Palestinian descent who grew up in Kuwait and Houston and is fluent in Arabic, Spanish and English. As the first season ended,…
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911 OPERATOR: 911—what’s your emergency? ROBERT: Hi, I . . . uh . . . I work from home. OPERATOR: O.K., is anyone else there with you, sir? ROBERT: No, I’m alone. OPERATOR: And when’s the last time you saw someone else? Was that today? ROBERT: Uh, my wife . . . this morning, I…
Sara Carton, left, and Ben Mezzenga in Love Is Blind. Clifton Prescod/Netflix hide caption toggle caption Clifton Prescod/Netflix We’ve discussed Netflix’s Love Is Blind on Pop Culture Happy Hour a couple of times before, and the very obvious primary conclusion we always land upon is this: The “social experiment” the reality dating show relentlessly purports…
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Amanda Seyfried, star of the new series Long Bright River. She plays a police officer investigating the murders of women from Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Amanda Seyfried’s career has transformed in the last decade. Twenty years ago, she got famous playing bubbly roles in movies like “Mamma Mia!”…
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TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. The Department of Education is reportedly gutting its workforce. In addition to the more than 1,300 workers who were fired on Tuesday, more than 600 have accepted separation packages or were fired last month during their probationary period. This leaves the department to roughly half…
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I love skiing. It’s my favorite thing ever. I love waking up when it’s still dark outside to make sure that I have ample time to get to the mountain. It’s so much fun spending hours gathering the ninety-seven things I’ll need for the day and then layering all of them on my body. Just…
“What I’ve actually found is that whole myth that you can’t be happy and still be funny is a myth,” Bill Burr says. Hulu hide caption toggle caption Hulu Comic Bill Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up. He admits to having not just road rage, but also “kitchen rage” and “why-do-I-have-to-check-myself-out-at-a-CVS? rage.” Still,…
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