Review Culture 'The Devil Wears Prada' Wears Thin June 30, 2006 • The new movie The Devil Wears Prada is set in the fashion world and features Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. However, NPR's Bob Mondello says it wears a little thin. 'The Devil Wears Prada' Wears Thin Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525317/5525318" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Summary Judgment: 'Prada,' 'Superman,' 'Candy' June 30, 2006 • What are critics saying about this weekend's top movies? Notes on The Devil Wears Prada, Superman Returns and Strangers with Candy. Mark Jordan Legan reports. Summary Judgment: 'Prada,' 'Superman,' 'Candy' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524537/5524538" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'The War Tapes': Soldiers Tell Their Own Iraq Stories June 30, 2006 • Three National Guardsmen chronicle their one-year deployment in Iraq in the new documentary The War Tapes. Sgt. Zach Bazzi, one of the featured soldiers, and producer and editor Steve James discuss the making of the film. 'The War Tapes': Soldiers Tell Their Own Iraq Stories Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524323/5524871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Culture 'The Devil Wears Prada' Fresh Air June 30, 2006 • Our film critic reviews The Devil Wears Prada, a film adaptation of the book that stars Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. 'The Devil Wears Prada' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524567/5524568" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Culture 'Superman Returns' Fresh Air June 28, 2006 • Our film critic reviews Superman Returns. The new feature is directed by Bryan Singer, who made The Usual Suspects and X-Men. Newcomer Brandon Routh plays the man of steel, and Kevin Spacey is archenemy Lex Luthor. 'Superman Returns' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5518203/5518204" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Review Culture 'Superman Returns' with Strong Action, Weak Story June 27, 2006 • Morning Edition and Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan gives his take on the new Superman movie, Superman Returns. Turan likes the action, but he says the characters and plot are not made of steel. 'Superman Returns' with Strong Action, Weak Story Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5514424/5514425" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Years After 'Kids,' Clark Is Back with 'Wassup' June 26, 2006 • Wassup Rockers is the latest from director Larry Clark, whose films often document sides of teen life that most parents would prefer not to see. But Clark's new work is not as explicit as his controversial Kids. Years After 'Kids,' Clark Is Back with 'Wassup' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5512914/5512915" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Unger Report Up in the Sky... It's the 'Superman' Budget! June 26, 2006 • Superman is returning! And he's really expensive. Humorist Brian Unger puzzles over why Time Warner is spending somewhere in excess of $350 million to produce, distribute and market the superhero epic -- and why the CNN cash cow will be paying for it all. Up in the Sky... It's the 'Superman' Budget! Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5511752/5511753" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Amy Sedaris: Writer, Actor, Cupcake Baker June 25, 2006 • As Jerri Blank, a former "user, boozer, and loser," Amy Sedaris contorts her face into a sad-sack overbite and wears both garish makeup and padding that gives her an over-sized midsection. But at home, Sedaris is a pleasant hostess, and an expert baker. Amy Sedaris: Writer, Actor, Cupcake Baker Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5508394/5508430" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions The Science that Makes Superman So, Well, Super June 25, 2006 • The newest movie installment of the Superman franchise opens this week, but some Superman mysteries remain unanswered. Physics professor James Kakalios explains the physics behind the superhero's famous powers. The Science that Makes Superman So, Well, Super Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5509958/5509959" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Review Culture Summary Judgment: 'Click,' 'Waist Deep,' 'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man' June 23, 2006 • Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what critics are saying about this weekend's major movie releases -- Click, Waist Deep and the documentary Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man. Summary Judgment: 'Click,' 'Waist Deep,' 'Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5506481/5506482" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Billy Wilder's Rules of Good Filmmaking June 22, 2006 • Many filmmakers still look to Billy Wilder as an example of how to make movies that matter. Wilder could helm hard-boiled thrillers or romantic comedies with equal dexterity because he followed a basic set of rules. We honor Wilder on what would have been his 100th birthday. Billy Wilder's Rules of Good Filmmaking Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5503804/5503823" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Provocative 'Yacoubian' Film Opens in Cairo June 21, 2006 • The movie version of the controversial book The Yacoubian Building premiered this week in Cairo. The all-star production, the most expensive film ever in Egypt, touches on topics that are often taboo, such as Islamic extremism and homosexuality. It's opening at a time when the Egyptian government is taking a hard line on most expressions of dissent. Provocative 'Yacoubian' Film Opens in Cairo Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5501791/5501792" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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'Strangers with Candy' Hits Big Screen Fresh Air June 21, 2006 • Comic actress Amy Sedaris offers a prequel to her Comedy Central series in the film version of Strangers with Candy. Amy, sibling of author David Sedaris, co-wrote the script with Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, friends from her days in the Second City improvisational theater troupe in the late 1980s. 'Strangers with Candy' Hits Big Screen Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5500880/5500881" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Children's Health 'Lion in the House' Documents Children with Cancer June 21, 2006 • A new PBS documentary titled A Lion in the House follows the inspirational and heartbreaking stories of five children living and dying with cancer in Cincinnati. Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert discuss the project with Farai Chideya. 'Lion in the House' Documents Children with Cancer Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5500565/5500566" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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