Month: August 2025

Brown created an expressive style of music that blended rough Texas blues with the soft glamour of Hollywood. Charles shaped American music since the 1950s with hits like “Georgia on My Mind.”

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The divorce comedy “The Roses” hits theaters this weekend. How does it compare to “The War of the Roses,” the movie it’s based on, and is there such a thing as a “divorce” genre?

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe asks Variety’s Chris Willman for his thoughts about the experience of seeing “The Wizard of Oz” at the Las Vegas Sphere.

In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as “surfboard swimming.” The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next.

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Macon Blair’s take on 1984’s gore-core classic is as much a movie about love of family as it is a violent shock comedy.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz, and CPR listener Sam McDowell of Boulder, Colorado.