Arts

'River On Fire' Explores Genius, Madness And The Poetry Of Robert Lowell

1:45pm February 28, 2017

Kay Redfield Jamison's new book describes how Lowell's manic-depressive illness influenced his life and work. "His manias tended to lead him into writing a fresh kind of poetry," she says.

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Tamil and Sinhalese workers pick tea on Amba Estate in the early morning.

PHOTOS: In Sri Lanka's Tea Paradise, A Social Enterprise Is Brewing

9:19am February 28, 2017

by Victoria Milko

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

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Arts

'To Be A Machine' Digs Into The Meaning Of Humanity

7:00am February 28, 2017

by Jason Heller

Mark O'Connell's new book is a lucid, soulful look at the transhumanist movement — a group who believe that direct interface between humans and machines is the only way forward for our species.

"This arctic fox would not hold still. Finally, in desperation, I squealed like a pig. With that, he stopped, tilted his head to figure out what that awful sound was, and I made this frame," Sartore writes.

Photographer Builds A 'Photo Ark' For 6,500 Animal Species And Counting

5:54pm February 27, 2017

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to document every captive animal species in the world. He talks about getting an arctic fox to hold still, and Photoshopping out poop.

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'La La Land' Producer Reacts To Best Picture Blunder

4:38pm February 27, 2017

A major blunder at the Academy Awards left La La Land producer Jordan Horowitz literally handing over his award to its rightful owner, the producers of Moonlight. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Horowitz about the mistake.

Encore: Mahershala Ali Plays An Unlikely Father Figure In 'Moonlight'

4:38pm February 27, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers spoke to Ali in October about his experience working on the film, which won the Oscar for best picture.

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For Barrow Street Theatre, pie shells are baked and filled with the chicken and vegetables, cooked in a little white truffle butter, then sprinkled with truffle zest.

In NYC, 'Sweeney Todd' Baker Serves Up Some Bloody Good Pies

4:38pm February 27, 2017

The off-Broadway musical, in which a barber's clients become filling for meat pies, may make you lose your appetite. But former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses bakes a tempting pre-theater treat.

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Arts

'Game of Thrones' Actor, Former Tar Heel, Dies at 36

3:55pm February 27, 2017

by Paul Garber

Neil Fingleton, a 7-foot-7 British actor with ties to North Carolina, has died.

Arts

Remembering Actor Bill Paxton, Of 'A Simple Plan' And 'Twister' Fame

2:20pm February 27, 2017

Paxton, who died Saturday due to complications with surgery, appeared in the TV series Big Love, as well as in blockbuster films like Titanic, Aliens and Apollo 13. Originally broadcast in 2002.

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Barry Jenkins accepts the Academy Award for best picture for Moonlight.

A Shocking Ending Caps A Big Oscar Night For 'Moonlight'

12:55pm February 27, 2017

by Linda Holmes

It wasn't a terribly exciting or unusual Academy Awards telecast — until all of a sudden, it made all kinds of history.