Jay Pharoah brings Chris Rock, Will Smith, and more along with him
This week, comedian and impressionist Jay Pharoah joins panelists Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, and Roxanne Roberts.
The Eiffel family does not want Olympic rings to stay on the Paris tower
To preserve the spirit of the Games, Paris’ mayor has proposed making the five Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower a permanent fixture. Now the Eiffel family has gotten involved.
A woman with terminal cancer got to see her daughter graduate — in the hospital
This week on “My Unsung Hero” from Hidden Brain: Susan Kahn was in the hospital with terminal cancer. She was unable to attend her daughter’s high school graduation.
What’s Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and reading
Each week, guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: The shows Three Women and Empire, the movie Girls Will Be Girls, and the book Family Style.
‘Baby Reindeer’ is an Emmy favorite — and facing a lawsuit at the same time
The woman who believes she inspired a stalker in the hit TV show Baby Reindeer sued Netflix over the summer. The case is still pending.
A new sculpture takes its place at the national World War I Memorial in D.C.
Sabin Howard’s sculpture, A Soldier’s Journey, features 38 human figures meant to tell the story of a single “doughboy,” a nickname used for American World War I soldiers.
Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving, gets $500 fine and will make PSA
Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving, resolving the criminal case stemming from his arrest in the Hamptons. “I did not live up to the standards that I try to hold for myself,” he said.
Ahead of the Emmys on Sunday, NPR’s TV critic presents The Deggy awards
Each year, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans throws out the Emmys rulebook and chooses his own awards for the best shows on television. Here are this year’s Deggys.
Remembering James Earl Jones, legend of the stage and screen
Jones, who died Sept. 9, voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mufasa in The Lion King. He started out in theater in the 1950s, and later won a Tony and an honorary Oscar. Originally broadcast in 1993.
A dying father brings ‘His Three Daughters’ together, in a sharply written film
Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon play estranged sisters saying farewell to their terminally ill dad. It’s a familiar plot, but writer-director Azazel Jacobs manages to sidesteps cliché.
