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Movies

A scene from 'The Burial of Kojo,' a film from Ghana that is one of the highlights of the BlackStar Film Festival. (Courtesy of BlackStar Film Festival)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s BlackStar Film Festival is looking for a new home

The annual showcase of African-American cinema launched at UPenn’s International House, but the building’s pending closure may force the fest to relocate.

6 years ago

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Hans Zimmer, Matt Jones of the Re-Collective Orchestra and conductor Nick Glennie-Smith at a scoring session for Disney's The Lion King. (Alberto Rodriguez/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
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Arts & Entertainment

25 years after scoring ‘The Lion King,’ Hans Zimmer returns to Pride Rock

Twenty-five years after he scored the original The Lion King, Hans Zimmer returns to Pride Rock to revisit the classic musical themes for a re-imagined tale.

6 years ago

Neil Armstrong tests out his spacesuit and camera in April 1969, three months before he would actually set foot on the moon. (NASA/Project Apollo Archive)
NPR
Science

Hollywood shoots the moon: 117 years of lunar landings at the movies

Motion pictures went to the moon long before Apollo 11 did, and they keep going back.

6 years ago

A person exits Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The owner of hospital has announced it will close in September because of what the company calls
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Regional Roundup – 07/15/19

This week: we get an update on the closure of Hahnemann Hospital and we learn about the Clean Slate Act.

Air Date: July 15, 2019 10:00 am

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This June 26, 2019 photo released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Angourie Rice, Zach Barack and Remy Hii at the world premiere of
Arts & Entertainment

Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals

Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.

6 years ago

Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Netflix promises to quit smoking on (most) original programming

The streaming content giant announced Wednesday that it will stub out depictions of smoking across all of its upcoming original programs aimed at younger viewers.

6 years ago

This undated image shows Randall Park and Ali Wong in a scene from the movie
Arts & Entertainment

In Asian-led ‘Always Be My Maybe,’ ethnicity is secondary

The newly released Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe," is an Asian American rom-com with a twist: Ethnicity isn't central to the plot.

6 years ago

Caleel Harris plays Antron McCray in Ava DuVernay's Netflix miniseries, When They See Us.
NPR
Community

Ava DuVernay hopes you hear ‘the heartbeat of the boys’ in Central Park 5

Her Netflix miniseries When They See Us will be released Friday.

6 years ago

In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ Mena Massoud stars Aladdin, while Will Smith plays the Genie.  Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures
Arts & Entertainment
The Conversation

How the new ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping

Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping.

6 years ago

Naomi Scott plays Jasmine in the new live-action Aladdin movie. The character was the first official Disney princess of color in the 1992 animated version of the film. (Daniel Smith/Disney Enterprises, Inc.)
NPR
Lifestyle

How Disney princesses influence girls around the world

Disney has made an effort to diversify and empower its princess cast in recent decades, responding to criticisms that the brand is too white and casts women in passive roles.

6 years ago

Flicks

Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton for “The Sun is Also A Star”

Air Date: May 23, 2019

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 1989 file photo, actress and animal rights activist Doris Day poses for photos after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award she was presented with at the annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Day, whose wholesome screen presence stood for a time of innocence in '60s films, has died, her foundation says. She was 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her Carmel Valley, California, home. (AP Photo, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Legendary actress and singer Doris Day dead at 97

The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends.

6 years ago

Laura Dern, Ed Zwick, Jack O'Connell on the set of
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Edward Zwick and Trial by Fire

Filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter Edward Zwick discusses his past projects and most recent film, Trial by Fire.

6 years ago

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Flicks

Nicholas Hoult for “Tolkien”

Air Date: May 9, 2019

Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist, and transformed the conversation around sexuality. (Austin Hargrave/Hulu)
NPR
Health

In ‘Ask Dr. Ruth,’ the famous sex therapist looks inward at last

Dr. Ruth Westheimer revolutionized talk around sex in America. At 90, she's letting her own walls come down in a new documentary.

6 years ago

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