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Musician Paul Shaffer on May 5, 2015 in New York City.

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Not My Job: Band Leader Paul Shaffer Gets Quizzed On Sidekicks

12:50pm March 18, 2017

For more than 40 years, Paul Shaffer has been providing the soundtrack for late night TV. He was on the first generation of Saturday Night Live and appeared for 30 years with David Letterman.

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Jo Lampert Takes On Joan Of Arc

8:12am March 18, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

New York artist Jo Lampert just landed her first major role: Joan in David Byrne's new rock opera based on Joan of Arc. With her androgynous appearance and bluesy voice, Lampert seems like a good fit.

As they travel the parade route, tuxedoed men and youths distribute strings of colorful beads, dried fava beans and genuine Italian kisses.

Move Over, St. Patrick: St. Joseph's Feast Is When Italians Parade

8:00am March 18, 2017

by Nicole Jankowski

The wearing of the red honors the patron saint of Sicily. But the real celebrating centers around extravagant altars filled with traditional food, religious symbols and tributes to loved ones.

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Both Pointless And Playful, 'The Idiot' Is Like A Long Dream

7:00am March 18, 2017

by Annalisa Quinn

Elif Batuman has sung the praises of "long novels, pointless novels," and she puts her money where her mouth is with The Idiot, a tale of youthful confusion that can be both boring and beautiful.

Lê's November 9, Graffiti, New Orleans, Louisiana shows three men gardening in a small plot of land next to the water.

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From Striking Photos To Surprising Stained Glass, A Wide-Ranging Whitney Biennial

7:00am March 18, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

There are 63 artists in this year's Biennial, including An-My Lê, whose photography touches on immigration, and Raúl de Nieves, who made a stained glass window with tape, paper, beads and more.

Getting the band back together: Ewen Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle return for T2 Trainspotting.

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Time Loops Back On Itself (Even Without Heroin) In 'T2 Trainspotting'

4:31pm March 17, 2017

by Kelly McEvers

20 years ago, a low-budget film with a great soundtrack became a huge hit. Now, director Danny Boyle is getting the old (much older, in fact) Trainspotting gang back together for a sequel.

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Netflix's 'Iron Fist' Stumbles In Depiction Of Asian Culture

4:31pm March 17, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Netflix releases another Marvel superhero series, Iron Fist. This one features a white martial arts expert who fights bad guys, most of whom are Asian. After successful shows like Jessica Jones, this one misses the mark.

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Poet and playwright Derek Walcott published his first poem at the age of 14. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.

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Derek Walcott, Who Wrote Of Caribbean Beauty And Bondage, Dies At 87

4:31pm March 17, 2017

by Tom Vitale

The Nobel Prize winner celebrated his Caribbean homeland and described its brutal colonial history. "You didn't make yourself a poet," he said. "You entered a situation in which there was poetry."

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Live-Action 'Beauty And The Beast ' Revisits A Tale As Old As Time

4:29pm March 17, 2017

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews Disney's live-action version of Beauty and The Beast. Is it still a tale as old as time, a song as old as rhyme?

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'Fresh Air' Marks The 90th Birthday Of Broadway Composer John Kander

3:25pm March 17, 2017

Kander and his partner, Fred Ebb, wrote the songs for a number of musicals, including Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Cabaret. Kander spoke to Terry Gross in 1991 and 2015.

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