A Baby Didn't Bump These Moms Out Of Competition
Let's be clear: Olympians handle the physical challenges of childbirth differently than most of the rest of us.Aretha Thurmond is a discus thrower who'd already competed in two Olympics when she went...
View ArticleA Picket Line At The Oscars: Visual-Effects Artists To Protest
Hundreds of visual-effects artists are planning to picket the Academy Awards on Sunday for the second year in a row. They're hoping to bring attention to what's been happening in their industry.The...
View ArticleDance Music Legend Frankie Knuckles Dies At 59
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View ArticleNSA Coverage Garners Pulitzers For Post And Guardian
Winners of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday. The Washington Post and The Guardian were among the notable winners, commended for together breaking the news of NSA surveillance programs.
View Article'I Kinda Stole The Show': Laverne Cox And The Path To Prestige Television
"My femininity was seen as a problem that needed to be solved."Laverne Cox is talking about her childhood in Mobile, Ala. She remembers being routinely chased and beaten by classmates after school. Cox...
View ArticleFor These Vegans, Masculinity Means Protecting The Planet
Real men eat meat. They kill it and then they grill it.That's the stereotype, or cliche, that's about as old as time.At a recent barbecue in Brooklyn, N.Y., a half-dozen guys who resist that particular...
View Article'Boondocks' Creator Asks, 'What Would Black Jesus Do?'
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As Film Stocks Dwindle, Movie-Makers Weigh What May Soon Be Lost
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block....
View ArticleIf Literature's Great Characters Could Text, They'd Charm Your Pantalets Off
What if the greatest characters in literary history all carried around smartphones and typed out messages to each other? That's the conceit of the new book Texts from Jane Eyre. Author Mallory Ortberg...
View ArticleIn 'Straight White Men,' A Play Explores The Reality Of Privilege
The straight white men of Straight White Men aren't what you might expect. Near the beginning of the new off-Broadway play, two adult brothers play a homemade, family board game, refashioned out of an...
View ArticleSapiosexual Seeks Same: A New Lexicon Enters Online Dating Mainstream
This post was updated at 11:10 a.m. ET for clarity.How would you — or do you — identify on online dating sites? Gay? Straight? Bisexual?
View ArticleCharismatic Singer Joe Cocker Dies At 70
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View ArticleBess Myerson Was An Author, TV Personality, Civil Servant
Bess Myerson was crowned Miss America in 1945 and was the only Jewish-American woman to ever hold the title. She went on to have a long career in public affairs, though it was sometimes marked by...
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'La Dolce Vita' Star Dies At 83
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View ArticleAnd The Oscar Goes To ... Wait, Who Hasn't Had One In A While?
"The right actors win Oscars, but for the wrong roles," Katharine Hepburn once said.The Motion Picture Academy has a history of rewarding stars for less-than-celestial performances, and this week's...
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Small South Carolina Newspaper Takes Home Top Pulitzer Prize
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The Pulitzer Prizes were announced today at Columbia University in New York City. They honor distinguished...
View ArticleA Look At 'Blackbird,' The First Film On The New 'Black Netflix'
A tiny independent movie has been picked by one of Hollywood's biggest moguls to promote his latest venture. Robert L. Johnson created BET and now, the Urban Movie Channel — an online channel that's...
View ArticleEdison's Talking Dolls Can Now Provide The Soundtrack To Your Nightmares
Back in 1890, Thomas Edison gave us some of the world's first talking dolls. Today, the glassy-eyed cherubs that are still around stand about 2 feet tall; they have wooden limbs and a metal body; and...
View ArticleOnline Art Sites Aim To Fill Gap Between Etsy And Sotheby's
Let's say you're not a millionaire but you're still interested in buying affordable art from the comfort of your living room. Where do you find something that is between craft-oriented websites like...
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Influential Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies At 75
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