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Arts & Life
What To Stream If You Find Yourself Stuck At Home
An NPR arts correspondent answers listener questions about entertainment options for people who can't leave the house because of the coronavirus. What's streaming? What's hot? How can you find it?
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Arts & Life
For The 1st Time, Architecture's Most Prestigious Prize Is Awarded To 2 Women
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara founded Grafton Architects in Dublin in 1978. The Pritzker Architecture Prize jury called the two Irish architects "beacons" in a male-dominated field.
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Television
Does Netflix's 'The Circle' Count As An Epistolary Drama?
Contestants on the new social-media-based reality show, The Circle, never meet in person. Their online profiles may not be what they seem — reminding us of a certain kind of literary drama.
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Arts & Life
Director Of 'Just Mercy' Depicts Characters 'In All Of Their Complexities'
Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton previously had a job working with foster children at a group home. He believes that work — listening, understanding, communicating — helped prepare him for directing.
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Actor Danny Aiello, Best Known For 'Do The Right Thing', Dies At 86
Actor Danny Aiello died on Thursday at age 86. He was best known — and received an Oscar nomination — for playing the pizza parlor owner in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing.
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Arts & Life
Internet Historians Mourn Loss Of Cultural Record As Yahoo Deletes Group Archives
At one time, there were 10 million Yahoo Groups with more than 100 million users - from neighborhood organizations to amateur astronomers. On Saturday, the archives will disappear.
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Arts & Life
'Tis The Season: Philadelphia Museum Opens Exhibition On History Of The Flu
The Mutter Museum in Philadelphia has an exhibition for the season — the flu season, specifically. It's about the icky history and science of infections.
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Arts & Life
99 Bottles Of Beer On The Touch Screen: The Spread Of Self-Serve Taps
Order a drink, but hold the bartender? As it becomes relatively more expensive to run restaurants and bars, some are saving money by replacing human servers with pour-your-own electronic taps.
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Arts & Life
The Hit Movie 'Parasite' Puts Basement Structures In Structural Inequality
In the South Korean film, architecture is a symbol of class conflict. Director Bong Joon-ho knows that mansions are all over — but a certain humble subterranean apartment is particular to Seoul.
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Arts & Life
Shudder Puts The Screaming In Streaming Video
Horror is enjoying a rise from the dead right now — particularly on TV. And as streaming TV services multiply, AMC's Shudder has found success with a menu of classic horror and original programming.