'Videocracy' Looks At What Makes A Video Go Viral
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For some of us, watching online videos provides a break from work. For Kevin Allocca, it is his work. Allocca is the head of YouTube's culture...
View Article'I Can't Believe I Am The First,' Says Oscar-Nominated Female Cinematographer
Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever nominated for an Oscar in cinematography. "I can't believe I am the first," she says. "It's really kind of crazy!" It was her lensing on Mudbound that earned her...
View Article'Architecture Is A Backdrop For Life,' Says 2018 Pritzker Winner Balkrishna...
Bal Krishna is the name sometimes given to the young Hindu god Krishna. Balkrishna Doshi was named for him, when he was born in 1927. "They wanted me to remain young," the 90-year-old architect...
View ArticleFeminist Health Guide 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Will Stop Publishing
At some point, you or a woman you know has likely looked through a copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves . The book was revolutionary when it was first published in the early 1970s. It taught women about their...
View ArticleWinners Of 2018 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This year's Pulitzer Prize winners include journalists who helped launch a movement, a former criminal defense attorney and a hip-hop star. The...
View ArticleNPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air
Every weekday for more than three decades, his baritone steadied our mornings. Even in moments of chaos and crisis, Carl Kasell brought unflappable authority to the news. But behind that hid a lively...
View ArticleFrozen Food Sales Feel The Heat As Consumers Opt For Fresh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Qn38WdTTs Lynn Smith was picking out frozen vegetables in a Los Angeles grocery store when she was asked if she bought much of her food in that aisle. "No I don't, as...
View ArticleAn Artist's Alternative Universe And His Warehouse Full Of Dolls
When Trenton Doyle Hancock was 10 years old, he made up a superhero: Torpedo Boy. The character has become the center of a complicated cosmos Hancock has developed obsessively for more than 30 years....
View ArticleHenrietta Lacks' Lasting Impact Detailed In New Portrait
When Henrietta Lacks was dying of cancer in 1951, her cells were harvested without her knowledge. They became crucial to scientific research and her story became a best-seller. Since then, Lacks has...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Arrested And Charged With Rape, Posts $1M Bail
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This morning disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein surrendered to police in Lower Manhattan after a seven-month investigation. More than 50...
View ArticleBlind Boys Of Alabama Member Clarence Fountain Dies At 88
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When Clarence Fountain was only 8 years old, his family left him at an Alabama boarding school for the blind. He eventually went on to help...
View ArticleBrady Bunch House Goes On The Market For $1.88 Million
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The perfect home for a perfect television family is for sale. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE BRADY BUNCH THEME SONG") UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing)...
View ArticleHaute Pot: How High-End California Chefs Are Cashing In On Marijuana
Leave it to California to combine high-end cuisine with the kind of ingredients that might actually get you high. It's an increasingly lucrative niche for chefs in San Francisco and Los Angeles —...
View ArticleWilliam Goldman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies At 87
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We are sorry to tell you that William Goldman has died. He was 87 years old. Even if you don't know the name, you may well know his work...
View ArticleOscar-Winning Screenwriter William Goldman Dies At 87
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Screenwriter William Goldman died last night at the age of 87. He's responsible for the scripts for more than 30 movies, including classics...
View ArticleMovie Productions In Georgia May Stop Over State's Abortion Law
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: More feature films are made in Georgia than in any other U.S. state. Its film commission even likes to call Georgia Y'allywood. But a...
View ArticleA Very Happy 50th Birthday To 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
On average, every 30 seconds someone in the world buys a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar . Maybe it's for a grandchild, an expectant parent or a dear friend's new baby. Nearly 50 million copies...
View ArticleFranco Zeffirelli, Creator Of Lavish Productions On Screen And Stage, Dies At 96
Franco Zeffirelli once said that when the curtain comes up "you have to give the audience a big thing to look at." The Italian filmmaker and opera director gave audiences plenty to look at — in his...
View ArticleSatirical Staple 'MAD' To Exit Newsstands And Recycle Its Classic Material
The funny, freckled face of Alfred E. Neuman is more or less retiring. One of the last widely circulated print satirical magazines in America will leave newsstands after this year, according to sources...
View ArticleWomen's National Soccer Team Celebrates In New York City
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's a historical trivia question - what is ticker tape? Many years ago, before the Internet, even before printers, there were ticker tape...
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