5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (26+ words) Writer and humorist David Sedaris reads from his holiday essay "The Santaland Diaries." Writer and humorist David Sedaris reads from his holiday essay "The Santaland Diaries."...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (191+ words) new bullseye NPR hide caption When you tune into Bullseye, you might come to expect interviews with different pop culture creators. This week, we're breaking the format. It's our annual end of year best stand-up comedy showcase! We're playing you…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (630+ words) The Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along played to sold out crowds on Broadway during its 2023-2024 run. That show was filmed, and now available to watch on the big screen. Horror, a Downton parody, and Sondheim on screen " in…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago  (776+ words) The playwright Tom Stoppard, who penned shows including Arcadia and Travesties and the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love, died last week. The world lost its most celebrated modern playwright over Thanksgiving weekend. Tom Stoppard made history. He won five Tony…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (624+ words) Tom Stoppard's plays include Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. He also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love. He's pictured above in London in 2017. For more than a half century, Tom Stoppard was…...

4+ week, 19+ hour ago  (179+ words) Shannon's known for playing intense, menacing characters, like Agent Nelson Van Alden in "Boardwalk Empire." In two new projects, though, he plays good guys " historical figures pursuing justice and political reform. He"s President James Garfield in the new Netflix…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (147+ words) Ben Stiller talks about his new Apple TV+ documentary about his actor/comedian parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. In the "60s and "70s, they were famous as the comedy duo, Stiller and Meara. Ben talks about growing up in a showbiz…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (32+ words) NPR's Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week. Main Character of the Week: Reaction to Rini NPR's Mia Venkat explains what the internet was obsessed with this week....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (67+ words) Comedian Rachel Sennott turns her chaotic twenties in Los Angeles into the HBO series 'I Love LA', a comedy about friendship, identity, and growing up online. 'I Love LA' finds humor in the chaos of trying to make it in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (171+ words) Rachel Sennott's next project, the HBO series I Love LA, has finally arrived. And like plenty of shows before it, it's about young people trying to work and socialize in a big city while screwing up in every conceivable way....