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Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel return for four movies continuing the Gilmore Girls story.

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'Gilmore Girls' Returns On Netflix, Just In Time For A Holiday Binge

4:52am November 25, 2016

by Linda Holmes

Gilmore Girls was a much-loved series that returns to the small screen after almost a decade. Most of the cast is returning, including the show's creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino. Fans are ecstatic.

Encore: For 100 Years, Celery And Olives Were Thanksgiving Mainstays

6:27pm November 24, 2016

Celery and olives were two mainstays of the Thanksgiving table for about 100 years, starting in the late 1800s. Hilary Sargent wrote about this tradition for Boston.com and spoke with us about it in 2014. On this holiday, we revisit that conversation. This story originally aired on Nov. 27, 2014 on All Things Considered.

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Plymouth Plantation Museum Showcases Music Of Pilgrims And Native Americans

6:27pm November 24, 2016

by Neda Ulaby

The first Thanksgiving most likely took place in 1621 at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. Plymouth Plantation, a living history museum, recently showcased the spiritual music of both the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians.

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TV Chef Alton Brown Shares Tips On The Science Of Thanksgiving Dinner

6:27pm November 24, 2016

There are tons of tips on how to cook that Thanksgiving dinner, many of them rooted in science. Alton Brown, the showman of food TV, runs through why we stuff the turkey after it's cooked, why gravy should be kept in a thermos, and why canned cranberries are the devil.

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Holiday Movie Preview: Lightsabers, Musicals And Jackie

6:27pm November 24, 2016

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello has a preview of the would-be awards contenders and blockbusters Hollywood will be opening as the rest of us open presents.

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Movie star Toshiro Mifune and director Akira Kuroswa on the set of Seven Samurai.

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'Mifune' Can't Quite Capture A Screen Legend

5:00pm November 24, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Critic Mark Jenkins says a new documentary focused on Toshiro Mifune's relationship with director Akira Kurosawa could have used a bit more verve and a few more voices.

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In 'Dust Bath Revival,' The True Fantasy Is A World Without Shame

7:00am November 24, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Marianne Kirby's new novel is set in an America overrun by zombies — and also an America in which no one is judged on their appearance; her protagonist is fat and queer, and never hindered by that.

Chef Niki Nakayama in the kitchen with her wife and sous chef, Carole Iida-Nakayama. Nakayama is a modern master of the ancient Japanese art of kaiseki, a local, seasonal, multicourse meal rooted in Eastern philosophies that value being in harmony with na

Chef Niki Nakayama Is A Modern Master Of An Ancient Japanese Meal

6:45pm November 23, 2016

At her LA restaurant, Nakayama reimagines the Japanese tradition of kaiseki, a multicourse meal emphasizing local, seasonal ingredients in harmony with nature. She's one of its few female masters.

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Brett Kelly stars as Thurman Merman and Billy Bob Thornton as Willie Soke in Bad Santa 2.

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Proud Grinches Beware: Sentimentality Sinks 'Bad Santa 2'

5:00pm November 23, 2016

by Scott Tobias

The original Bad Santa has long delighted holiday misanthropes, but an "irredeemably squishy center," says critic Scott Tobias, means its sequel won't give them what they crave.

The animated Disney movie Moana is a comedy-adventure about a spirited teenager on a mission to fulfill her ancestors' quest.

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Disney's 'Moana' Needs No Prince, Just The Land And Sea

5:00pm November 23, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

Critic Andrew Lapin says Disney's new animated film Moana builds a lush visual world for its young Polynesian heroine and makes its most honest effort yet at appreciating the culture where it's set.