Arts & Life : NPR

In the claustrophobic thriller Heretic, two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) knock on the door of a charming man played by Hugh Grant. At first he seems genuinely intere...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/1211597689/in-the-thrilling-heretic-hugh-grant-is-in-his-peak-villain-era

What's surprising about Trump returning to the White House? For Brittany Luse, Pop Culture Happy Hour 's Aisha Harris , and NPR's Alana Wise there isn't much to be surprised about. Three Black w...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/1211483968/election-surprise-2024-women

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction who died after falling from his Buenos Aires hotel room balcony last mont...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33360/people-charged-liam-payne-death

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/07/g-s1-33275/how-the-freedman-bank-collapse-of-1874-connects-to-economic-disparities-we-see-today

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/07/nx-s1-5178051/vanishing-treasures-review-katherine-rundell

President-elect Trump has excelled at creating his own media image, from his earliest days as a real estate baron. His supporters find him entertaining and feisty, and even critics find it diffic...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5182270/donald-trump-president-entertainment

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghos...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/g-s1-33000/pedro-paramo-captures-the-disorientation-of-juan-rulfos-timeless-novel

Ronan credits her parents and the filmmakers she worked with as a child for keeping acting fun. She stars as a woman struggling with addiction in The Outrun and as a World War II mother in Blitz.

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5178008/saoirse-ronan-the-outrun

The final day of election season is coming to an end as polling stations around the U.S. close. See what Election Day looked like across the country.

https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2024/11/05/g-s1-32292/photos-see-what-election-day-looked-like-across-the-country

The renowned arranger, composer and producer worked with countless artists, including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson. Jones died Nov. 3. Originally broadcast in 2...

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/05/g-s1-32502/remembering-superstar-music-producer-quincy-jones