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The Palisades Fire destroyed more than 2,800 homes and buildings. One of them was the historic ranch house of Will Rogers, the vaudeville entertainer and trick roper.

This week, a beloved and strange journey continued, a guy who once seemed to be on the ropes continued riding high, and we remembered a visionary unlike any other. Here’s what NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to — and what you should check out this weekend. The Agency YouTube The Agency … Read more

Blake Lively at a London screening of the film It Ends With Us in August, left; Justin Baldoni, center, and Ryan Reynolds, right, in separate photos at the premiere of the film in New York. Combination photo/AP hide caption toggle caption Combination photo/AP Actor and director Justin Baldoni and the company he co-founded, Wayfarer Studios, … Read more

Previously unknown poems show Woolf as a fun aunt. She’s pictured above in 1902. George C. Beresford/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption George C. Beresford/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Some breaking news in the world of 20th century modernist literature: Virginia Woolf, the famed novelist and essayist, was also a poet. That’s according to new documents … Read more

Dave Matthews, Joni Mitchell and Billie Eilish are just some of the many musicians slated to perform at the FireAid benefit concert. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images A benefit concert will be held in Los Angeles and streamed live on Thursday, Jan. 30, to support communities impacted by the wildfires. FireAid, which … Read more

Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, now a feature film, is based on a notorious Florida reform school where boys were beaten and sexually abused. Originally broadcast July 16, 2019. Hear The Original Interview

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Michele Austin play sisters in Hard Truths. Bleecker Street hide caption toggle caption Bleecker Street In the many beautifully observed working-class dramedies he’s made over the past five decades, the British writer and director Mike Leigh has returned again and again to one simple yet endlessly resonant question: Why are some … Read more

Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. She’s pictured above in 1975. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images British actress Joan Plowright, who brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey and Enchanted April, … Read more

We are three weeks into 2025, it’s time for some fresh podcasts. The NPR One team has podcast recommendations from across public media to start your year off right. The podcast episode descriptions below are from podcast webpages and have been edited for brevity and clarity. Trump’s Terms – NPR Host Scott Detrow curates NPR’s … Read more

Hi, thrifters! You’ve probably just come from the thrift store and are wondering, O.K., I nabbed this fantastic second-chapter treasure, but how do I wear it? HOW DO I WEAR THE NEW OLD CLOTHES I’VE BOUGHT?! HOW??? Don’t worry! We’ve got style tips for you. Take the bottom hem of that A-line skirt and twist … Read more