Wild Card: Jenny Slate
Welcome to Wild Card with Rachel Martin. In this first episode, Rachel talks to Jenny Slate, known for her roles in Obvious Child, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Parks and Recreation. Jenny opens up about whether fate brought her to her husband, wh…
Fall for ‘The Fall Guy’ and its truly amazing stunts
In the entertaining new film The Fall Guy, Ryan Gosling plays a down-on-his-luck stunt performer who gets a big new opportunity to get his career on track. And maybe get back the woman (Emily Blunt) whose heart he broke. Directed by David Leitch, it’s a knowing comedy about action movies, and a character study of a man who likes to think he’s invincible. And the movie has amazing stunts.
‘The Fall Guy’ entertains as an action-adventure romcom while revealing movie magic
In the new stunt-crammed romcom The Fall Guy, Ryan Gosling is a stuntman, and Emily Blunt is both his ex and his director.
Rappers took the White House. Now what?
A new documentary, Hip-Hop and the White House, considers rap’s association with presidential politics — and in so doing, reveals a persistent misunderstanding of how both operate.
Ryan Gosling is ‘The Fall Guy’ in this cheerfully nonsensical stuntman thriller
Though it might have benefited from tighter editing, there’s no denying the pleasure of this gloriously overwrought film.
‘Unfrosted’: Jerry Seinfeld’s movie about the fictional history of Pop-Tarts
NPR’s A Martinez talks to comedian Jerry Seinfeld about his new Netflix film, Unfrosted. It’s a made-up history of Pop-Tarts, and the cereal rivalry between Post and Kellogg’s.
Anne Hathaway finds love with a pop star in ‘The Idea of You’
The new movie The Idea Of You tells the story of a boy band star (Nicholas Galitzine) who falls in love with an older divorced mother (Anne Hathaway). It’s based on a hit novel that’s at least partially inspired by Harry Styles’ life and career.
Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial, round two, is likely to move forward in the fall
The New York State Court of Appeals overturned Weinstein’s 2020 conviction last week, ruling that his trial was unfair.
The movies, TV and music we’re excited about this summer
Today, we’re offering up a guide to spotlight some of the movies, TV, and music we are most excited about this summer.
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Why 1999 was such a big year for movies
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Brian Raftery, author of the book, Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.
Minhal Baig’s ‘We Grown Now’ follows two Chicago kids in the early 1990s
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Minhal Baig, who wrote and directed the new movie “We Grown Now.” It’s about two kids in the Cabrini-Green housing projects in Chicago in the early 1990s.
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