NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with award-winning director, Guillermo del Toro, about his new stop-motion animated film Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
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The sound of Iñárritu’s ‘Bardo’
Award-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu teamed up with sound designer Martin Hernandez to create a unique soundscape for his new film Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.
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Author: Mandalit del Barco
‘Wait Wait’ for Dec. 10, 2022: Live at Carnegie Hall with Gayle King!
Gayle King is journalism royalty. From her early days at NBC to her ongoing run as co-host of CBS Mornings, she’s done it all. But, what does she know about Gale Kings, AKA weathermen?
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How Latin identity became fodder for content
From TikTok trends to mainstream music, popular culture is embracing — and mimicking — Latinos, with some creators actually pretending to be Latinx for social cachet.
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Author: Manuela López Restrepo
‘I Don’t Care’ is a book about what matters in friendship, illustrated by best friends
When illustrator Molly Idle read the text of Julie Fogliano’s children’s book, she immediately thought of her buddy Juana Martinez-Neal — and in true friend form — she volunteered her for the job.
(Image credit: Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal / Holiday House Publishing, Inc.)
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Author: Samantha Balaban
The most mispronounced words on live TV this year
Negroni sbagliato, Edinburgh,and Zaporizhzhia are among the most mispronounced words on live TV this year, according to The Captioning Group, which keeps track of such things.
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Author: Scott Simon
Encore: Author Jamil Jan Kochai reunites with his 2nd-grade teacher who taught him English
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to author Jamil Jan Kochai and his 2nd-grade teacher, Susannah Lung, who taught him how to read and write English after his family moved to the U.S. from Pakistan.
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Author: Scott Simon
The Most Embarrassing Ways I’ve Lost Eight Billion Dollars
Donated sixteen billion dollars to a charity that cuts all of the money that it receives in half.
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Author: Charlie Dektar
Brittney Griner Released From Russian Prison In Swap For Convicted Arms Dealer
Phoenix Mercury center and WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian penal colony and is in United States custody after a prisoner exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout. What do you think?
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Truth be told, I’ve never really felt like I fit the mold of the Democratic Party. As a proud senator of Arizona, I’ve always voted for what I think is right, whether my high-powered colleagues agree with me or not. That’s why, today, I—Kyrsten Sinema—am proud to announce that I have made the decision to leave the…
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