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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Movies

Ann Sheridan opens a door in a black-and-white film still as a man looks on in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

From Blob to Noir: Colonial Theatre hosts Philly debut of ‘Noir City’ festival

Eddie Muller’s festival of classic film noir has been around for 20 years, touring through a dozen cities. It’s coming to the home of The Blob.

3 years ago

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter
Arts & Entertainment

‘Enough is enough’: ‘Abbott Elementary’ stars join Philly rally in solidarity with striking SAG-AFTRA workers

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter joined the rally in LOVE Park on Thursday afternoon.

3 years ago

SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, center, and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, center right speak alongside SAG-AFTRA members during a press conference announcing a strike by The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists on Thursday, July, 13, 2023, in Los Angeles.
Arts & Entertainment

What does the SAG-AFTRA strike mean for Philly film, TV production?

For the first time since 1960, actors and writers are picketing film and TV productions at the same time.

3 years ago

Tina Fey and Fred Armisen on the picket line
Community

Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse

It will be the first time since 1960 that actors and writers picket film and television productions.

3 years ago

Headshot of Alan Arkin
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Alan Arkin has died — the star of ‘Get Smart’ and ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ was 89

Arkin sparked up more than 100 films in a career stretching over seven decades.

3 years ago

onathan Majors Assault Case
Courts & Law

Actor Jonathan Majors’ domestic violence trial scheduled for Aug. 3

A Manhattan judge issued the schedule Tuesday, casting the star in a real-life courtroom drama as his idled Hollywood career hangs in the balance.

3 years ago

File photo: Actor Treat Williams attends the world premiere of ''Second Act'' in New York on Dec. 12, 2018. Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series ''Everwood'' and the movie “Hair,” died Monday, June 12, 2023, after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Actor Treat Williams, star of ‘Hair’ and ‘Everwood’, is killed in a motorcycle crash

Williams made his movie debut in 1975 in the movie “Deadly Hero” and went on to appear in more than 120 TV and film roles and also performed on Broadway.

3 years ago

The Bear (FX Networks); Succession (HBO); Beef (Andrew Cooper/Netflix); Queen Charlotte (Liam Daniel/Netflix); Ted Lasso (Colin Hutton)
Studio 2

Summer TV and the Writers’ Strike, Chris Christie to Launch 2024 Bid

What should you watch on your streaming service this summer? And what's the latest with the WGA strike? Plus, former NJ Gov. Christie's likely 2024 bid and Studio 2 trivia.

Air Date: June 1, 2023 12:00 pm

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Scene from Philadelphia's 30th annual PrideDay on Sunday, June 10, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Pride Month, Roots Picnic, Joan Osborne, Ed Sheeran, Philly Beer Week, ‘Beetlejuice’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

May 24 - 28: Roots Picnic in Pa., “Stop Kiss” in N.J., and Carly Pearce in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 5:29
Members of the Writers Guild of America union protest outside the Netflix headquarters near Union Square, Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in New York. 
(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Arts & Entertainment

Why Hollywood writers are striking and the immediate impact

Writers of films and TV shows are now on strike. The central issue in negotiations is writers' share of pay for shows that stream on Netflix and similar outlets.

3 years ago

Actress Carrie Fisher attends the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Dec. 14, 2015. The late actress is being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

For May the 4th, Carrie Fisher of ‘Star Wars’ is getting a Hollywood Walk of Fame star

The honor for the late actress, who played Princess Leia and many other roles in a lengthy career, will be accepted by her daughter and fellow Star Wars actress Billie Lourd.

3 years ago

A closeup of a 1953 East German Rheinmetall Gs typewriter, donated to a shop in South Philadelphia by Tom Hanks.
Community
6abc

Tom Hanks donates rare typewriter to South Philadelphia shop – and you can use it!

A shop in South Philadelphia is the latest to get a surprise box in the mail from the Oscar-winning actor.

3 years ago

File photo: Alec Baldwin poses in the press room with the award for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for ''Saturday Night Live'' at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 17, 2017
Courts & Law

Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting

The actor and the film’s weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed were both charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

3 years ago

Actor Lance Reddick appears at the ''White House Down'' premiere in New York
Arts & Entertainment

Lance Reddick, ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick’ star, dies at 60

Reddick was often put in a suit or a crisp uniform during his career, playing tall taciturn and elegant men of distinction.

3 years ago

Michelle Yeoh accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for
Arts & Entertainment

‘Everything’ wins best picture, is everywhere at Oscars

“Ladies, don't let anyone ever tell you you're past your prime,” said Yeoh.

3 years ago

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