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Saturday, January 05, 2013
Movies I've Seen A Million Times
The Movie Alan Cumming Has 'Seen A Million Times'
January 5, 2013 Actor Alan Cumming could watch Christopher Guest's comedy Waiting for Guffman a million times. "I feel like I could go on and on and on even about the DVD extras," he says.
Author Interviews
A Different Detroit, As A Native Tells It
January 5, 2013 Author Mark Binelli knows it isn't all great, but he still claims Detroit City Is the Place to Be. His book takes readers from decay to possibility in a new look at a city we thought we already knew so much about.
Author Interviews
'Death Of Bees' Captures A Grim, Gory Coming-Of-Age
January 5, 2013 "Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard." So begins Lisa O'Donnell's novel about two sisters who find their parents dead and, instead of reporting it, decide to keep it a secret until they can make it on their own.
Krulwich Wonders...
A Very, Very, Very Delicate Balance
January 5, 2013 This can't be. How does that big heavy rock stay pivoted on top of that itsy bitsy one, which is hanging precariously onto the one below? Yet they do. The beauty of balance.
Friday, January 04, 2013
Monkey See
Giving Horror A Bad Name: 5 Bloody Good Alternatives To 'Texas Chainsaw 3D'
January 4, 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D opens today, but if you're in the mood to be scared instead of splattered, you have plenty of good choices. Glenn McDonald recommends five good scary movies that aren't just slasher films.
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of January 3, 2013
January 4, 2013 At No. 9, Kevin Powers' The Yellow Birds details the friendship between two Iraq War vets.
The Salt
Don't Waste That Christmas Tree: Turn It Into Spruce Beer
January 4, 2013 Everyone from the Vikings to 18th century British sailors swore that a pint of spruce beer kept away scurvy. While that may not have really worked, you, too, can capture the essence of your Christmas tree in a glass.
Author Interviews
Frank Calabrese Jr. On Opening His 'Family Secrets'
January 4, 2013 Frank Calabrese Jr. wrote a memoir about bringing down his father's murderous Chicago crime family. In Operation Family Secrets, Frank detailed how he helped the FBI convict his father of several murders by wearing a hidden wire and taping his father's conversations. His father died Christmas Day.
Monkey See
In NFL Football, As In Hollywood, Does Anybody Know Anything?
January 4, 2013 When coaches are getting fired left and right based on fewer games in a whole season than a baseball team plays in the playoffs, how much does anybody really know in the NFL?
Author Interviews
The 'Life And Liberation' Of A Black Female Metal Fan
January 4, 2013 Writer Laina Dawes has loved heavy metal ever since she got her first Kiss album at age 8. But the metal community hasn't always loved her back, as she explains in her book What Are You Doing Here?
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Movie Reviews
Checking In Again With The '7 Up' Kids
January 3, 2013 Michael Apted's longitudinal-documentary series gets its eighth installment in 56 Up, which once again profiles a range of Britons from various socioeconomic backgrounds. Critic Mark Jenkins says there are some fascinating updates, if fewer surprises.
Movies
E-Vote Hiccups Delay Oscar Balloting
January 3, 2013 A new online option was meant to make things easier for Oscar voters — but widespread reports of difficulties have prompted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to extend the deadline.
Ask Me Another
Fifty Shades Of Dr. Ruth
January 3, 2013 This week, we revisit the 20th century with Billy Joel, write novels the Robert Ludlum way, and catch words with a subtle silent "t". Plus, we talk "Fifty Shades of Grey" with our V.I.P. (that's "Very Important Puzzler"), superstar sex doctor Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
