NPR News: Leon Bridges reinvents his sound with new album, 'Happiness Anytime'

Leon Bridges reinvents his sound with new album, 'Happiness Anytime'
Since his 2015 debut album, Leon Bridges has transformed himself from a Sam Cooke-style crooner into a shape-shifting singer of all things from mambo to disco. His new album is called Happiness Anytime.

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NPR News: 'Clayface' is underbaked body horror

'Clayface' is underbaked body horror
Like its protagonist, the film shoots out its goopy, mud-brown, protoplasmic feelers into the undiscovered territory of horror, but it does so too tentatively.

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NPR News: Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died

Actor Tom Skerritt, who played dads, cops and commanding officers, has died
Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.

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NPR News: You're invited to a party at Duke Ellington's house in 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem'

You're invited to a party at Duke Ellington's house in 'Once Upon a Time in Harlem'
In '72, filmmaker William Greaves hosted a cocktail party for the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Our critic says the footage is "like watching a 50th college reunion set on Mt. Olympus."

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NPR News: He left Chile on foot to England 28 years ago. He's almost finally home

He left Chile on foot to England 28 years ago. He's almost finally home
British Adventurer Karl Bushby left Chile with the goal of walking an unbroken path back to his childhood home in England. Now, 28 years later, his Goliath Expedition is coming to a close.

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NPR News: This was once Edison Day. We re-visit his creepy talking doll

This was once Edison Day. We re-visit his creepy talking doll
For years, the country celebrated Oct. 21 as "Edison Day," throwing parades for the famous inventor whose devices changed the world. His phonograph was the first device to play back a recorded human voice--and that invention led to his creepy talking doll, which is now considered one of his biggest failures.

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NPR News: Sentenced to death at 17, at 68, quilt artist receives solo museum exhibition

Sentenced to death at 17, at 68, quilt artist receives solo museum exhibition
A quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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NPR News: 'The Savage Mind' author says America's violent past is embedded in its present

'The Savage Mind' author says America's violent past is embedded in its present
Writer David Treuer's Ojibwe mother saw America as a country that tried to destroy her people. For his father, a Jewish refugee, the U.S. was the country that saved his life.

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NPR News: 'Brother of the More Famous Jack' finds its way to a new generation of readers

'Brother of the More Famous Jack' finds its way to a new generation of readers
It is hard not to fall in love with Katherine Browne, the eager to please, mini-skirted narrator in Barbara Trapido's 40-plus-year-old debut novel, reissued this month.

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NPR News: Why are some food prices up and others down? Here are the stories of 5 items

Why are some food prices up and others down? Here are the stories of 5 items
Here's what's behind the fluctuating costs of everyday grocery items such as ground beef, eggs and chocolate chip cookies.

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NPR News: Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died

Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died
One of NPR's most gifted storytellers, his soft voice and vivid writing helped define the network's sound for a generation of Americans.

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NPR News: If you have the scratch, they have the scares

If you have the scratch, they have the scares
Scary stories are more than fun, they're big business.

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