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Pitbull Gets 'Epic': 'You Constantly Have To Defend Your Success'()
May 23, 2013 Armando Christian Perez — better known as Pitbull or Mr. Worldwide — has sold five million albums and had No. 1 hits in more than 15 countries. He tells NPR's Michel Martin about using music as an escape and playing a well-dressed toad in the animated film Epic.
Monkey See
'Before Midnight': Jesse And Celine Are Older Now, And So Are We()
May 23, 2013 It took Jesse and Celine 18 years to find themselves back where they started in the lovely third installment of the series that began with 1995's Before Sunrise.
Parallels
China's Artist Provocateur Explores New Medium: Heavy Metal()
May 22, 2013 In 2011, police detained Ai Weiwei for 81 days. Now, he's released a song that's turned the experience into a heavy metal protest song, along with a dystopian nightmare video. The lyrics are explicit and angry. Ai says his music is for the many political prisoners who remain jailed.
Monkey See
'Arrested Development' Leads The Charge For Old Brands In New Media()
May 21, 2013 Brands that found their original audiences in traditional, old-media platforms are finding ways to keep going in the world of new media.
Monkey See
The Starfleet Divide: The 'Star Trek' Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates()
May 21, 2013 J.J. Abrams isn't the first guy to bait Star Trek fans by messing with the brand.
Performing Arts
At L.A.'s UnCabaret, 25 Years Of Letting It All Hang Out()
May 20, 2013 Launched as an alternative to the stale stylings of the '80s stand-up circuit, Beth Lapides' event bills itself as a venue for "idiosyncratic, conversational comedy." It's helped establish careers for performers from Kathy Griffin to Randy and Jason Sklar.
