Neda Ulaby

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Dance Music Legend Frankie Knuckles Dies At 59

Tuesday, April 01, 2014

The iconic DJ is credited with helping popularize the style of mixes and remixes known as house music. The cause of death is still unknown, but he suffered from diabetes.

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This Year, Biblical Films Are Fruitful And Multiplying

Friday, March 28, 2014

There's a flood of biblical proportions this year in Hollywood: Noah, Exodus and Son of God are all hitting big screens in 2014. What meaning hath this year's spate of Bible-based films?

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From Action Hero To Teenage Nerd, Shailene Woodley Has Range

Friday, March 21, 2014

With the potential blockbuster Divergent on the horizon, the actress has been busy positioning herself as a dynamic performer, from the indie The Spectacular Now to the YA film The Fa...

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Scott Asheton, Drummer For The Stooges, Dies At 64

Monday, March 17, 2014

Drummer Scott Asheton, a founding member of the pioneering punk band The Stooges died on Saturday at the age of 64 following an unspecified illness.

Scott Asheton and his brother, guitarist Ron Asheton, were a couple of bad boys roaming around Southeastern Michigan in the late 1960s when ...

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Forget Nancy Drew: Thanks To Fans, 'Veronica Mars' Is Back On The Case

Friday, March 14, 2014

The show aired its last episode in 2007, but this week, after a record-setting Kickstarter campaign, its sharp-elbowed detective protagonist makes her big-screen debut.

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A Picket Line At The Oscars: Visual-Effects Artists To Protest

Saturday, March 01, 2014

Hundreds of visual-effects artists are planning to picket the Academy Awards on Sunday for the second year in a row. They're hoping to bring attention to what's been happening in their industry.

The field is losing jobs and relocating to countries with bigger subsidies for employers. It's the result of ...

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Oscar Glow, Today's Tech Help Short Films Find Their Fandom

Friday, February 28, 2014

Oscar-nominated short films, once all but impossible to see except at art-house theaters, are surging in popularity via online streaming and on-demand services.

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The 'Anchorman' Legend Continues, And It's Everywhere

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Way back in March, actor Will Ferrell took the stage on Conan O'Brien's talk show in full character as Ron Burgundy, the '70s-vintage, dopily misogynistic hero of the 2004 movie Anchorman. Lapels flaring, jazz flute in hand, he announced that the world would have to wait another nine months for ...

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Lou Reed, Beloved Contrarian, Dies

Sunday, October 27, 2013

One of rock's most beloved and contrarian figures has died. Lou Reed epitomized New York City's artistic underbelly in the 1970s, with his songs about hookers and junkies. He was 71.

Reed died Sunday morning on Long Island of complications from a liver transplant earlier this year, his literary agent, ...

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What The $@** Is Up On Cable These Days?

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Seriously, if you were being attacked by zombies, you might yell out the word f- - -! But no one does on The Walking Dead. When it comes to language in this golden age of basic cable dramas, the rules are idiosyncratic and unclear.

"It's so arbitrary, hon," says Kurt ...

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Awaiting The Apocalypse In The Quiet Town Of Concord

Thursday, August 22, 2013

No place seems safe these days from someone's terrifying, post-apocalyptic imaginings. Los Angeles is wrecked in the movie Elysium, the South is zombie-ridden in TV's The Walking Dead, and now— thanks to writer Ben Winters — even the quiet streets of Concord are at risk of annihilation.

But it's hard ...

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Winona Ryder: With Smaller Roles, A Welcome Return From Exile

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

NPR has been looking at comebacks — from politicians reinventing themselves to the recovery of once-endangered species. Then there are disgraced movie stars. Winona Ryder made everyon...

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For You To Borrow, Some Libraries Have To Go Begging

Monday, August 19, 2013

More than 90 percent of Americans say public libraries are important to their communities, according to the Pew Research Center. But the way that love translates into actual financial support varies hugely from state to state.

Vermont, for instance, brags that it has more libraries per capita than any other ...

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Songs Of Africa: Beautiful Music With A Violent History

Saturday, August 03, 2013

For the next year, NPR will take a musical journey across America, which is one of the most religiously diverse countries on earth. We want to discover and celebrate the many ways in which people make spiritual music — individually and collectively, inside and outside houses of worship.

The founder ...

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Encore: 'Fosters' Puts A Twist On The Old Family Drama

Monday, July 29, 2013

A new show on ABC Family follows a family with one biological kid, two adopted kids and a new addition, a teenage foster kid. Given how fostering is such an inherently dramatic situation, why hasn't this ever been the premise of a TV show before? (This story originally ...

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Fangs And Fishnets For The Win: 'Goth Barbie' Is Monstrously Successful

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Barbie sales have slumped. But Monster High is doing great. That's another line of dolls from Mattel — imagine even skinnier Barbies that look like they've been designed by Tim Burton...

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