Ralph Lauren Cable-Knit Sweater: Your parents lied on their taxes, and you did, too. But they premeditated their fraud; you’re just incompetent. Chunky White Turtleneck: You’ve made the “When Harry Met Sally” New Year’s speech to at least five different women. Gray Wool Sweater: You are in a TV commercial, struggling to play with your…
“It’s always more fun to play heavy than it is to play a good guy,” Gene Hackman told Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Getty Images “It’s always more fun to play heavy than it is to play a good guy,” Gene Hackman told Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross. Evening…
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Yura Borisov as Igor in Anora. NEON hide caption toggle caption NEON Russian actor Yura Borisov doesn’t have much dialogue in the Oscar-nominated film Anora. He plays a Russian henchman sent to bring home the reckless son of an oligarch, who’s eloped with a Brooklyn sex worker named Anora. Borisov’s character Igor appears in the…
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DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Dave Davies. We in the media regularly cover the decisions of powerful leaders in government and business and how they affect our lives. My guest today, veteran investigative reporter Philip Shenon, has spent much of the last 10 years examining the impact of seven powerful men who’ve…
I was walking around the city the other day and maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because I like things I used to like and dislike new things I don’t like (though I will say I do like new things I do like), but it just seemed to me that New York has really…
While we may never meet our favorite celebrities in real life, reading their memoirs can offer a peek into their lives – at least the parts they want to share with us. Here are a baker’s dozen of celebrity memoirs hitting shelves in 2025 if you want to delve into the glitz and glamour. Brooke…
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An animated feature about a mythical child on a quest has taken China by storm and shattered records. The film is now in U.S. cinemas. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: For the past decade, the highest-grossing movie in a single market ever was a long-awaited sequel from a galaxy far, far away. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “STAR WARS:…
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. One night, when my guest Rich Benjamin’s mother was staying over at his Brooklyn apartment, he awoke to her screaming, please don’t kill me. Please don’t kill me. She was having a nightmare. Here’s the backstory. Her father, Rich Benjamin’s grandfather, was appointed president of…
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Have you dined with us before? Do you know how it works? I think you’ll notice that at Finuccio’s Italian Grill we do things just a bit differently. For example, do you see how I wrote my name in crayon on your table? That’s something that you’ll find only here, at Finuccio’s. Seeing my playfully written…
Author Eric Puchner’s new novel, Dream State, is about a love triangle that tests the decades-long friendship of two college friends. Justin T. Gellerson for NPR hide caption toggle caption Justin T. Gellerson for NPR In a pivotal scene in the new novel Dream State, by Eric Puchner, buds Garrett and Charlie are in college,…
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