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The new Netflix series Black Doves is a pulpy and stylish British spy show starring Keira Knightly and Ben Whishaw. Knightly plays a politician’s wife who’s been secretly funnelling information to a mysterious spy network for years, and Whishaw plays her old partner who’s been out of the game. But when Knightly’s character gets targeted, Whishaw’s returns to protect her. It’s all set in London at Christmastime, so if you like your holiday cheer spiced with British wit and gunplay, Black Doves may be for you.

The stars came out to celebrate this year’s Kennedy Center Honorees: Bonnie Raitt, the Grateful Dead, Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola and The Apollo. The Honors broadcast on CBS on Dec. 22.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to U.S. college student Juliette Sartori about how her an idea for a new club, Dinner with a Stranger, became a huge hit at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

Listener Ernie Thurston of Asheville, N.C., plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe.

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Nick Frost on his newest horror comedy and what makes the slasher funny.

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Actor John Lithgow grew up in a theater family but always wanted to be a painter. On Wild Card this week, he opens up what changed his mind.

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Annual trends reports from YouTube, TikTok and Spotify reveal how fans had an outsize impact on entertainment, culture and politics this year.

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Paxton’s known for performing music from the 1920s and ’30s. David Bianculli reviews the documentary Beatles ’64. Michael Owen, author of Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words, talks about the famed lyricist.