Elizabeth Blair
Stories
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Arts & Life
James Franco Sued By Former Students For Alleged Sexual Exploitation And Fraud
A lawsuit has been filed against the actor and others, alleging unsafe and unnecessary sex and nudity at an acting school that he ran. The two plaintiffs spoke with NPR.
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Lead Singer Of The Cars, Ric Ocasek, Dies In New York
The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year. The NYPD said Ocasek, who co-founded the group with Benjamin Orr, was 75; public records list his age as 70 years old.
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Television
Valerie Harper, Rhoda On 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' Dies At 80
Valerie Harper, best known for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 80.
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Arts & Life
Valerie Harper, Who Played Beloved TV Sidekick Rhoda, Dies At 80
Harper's Mary Tyler Moore Show character was the perfect foil for the sitcom's buttoned-up protagonist. "Rhoda had this wonderful quality of saying the unsayable," Harper told NPR in 2010.
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Arts & Life
Montreal Is Consumed With Comedy As It Hosts 2019 Just For Laughs
The Just For Laughs international comedy festival in Montreal is not just for headliners. The largest comedy festival in the world is also known for being the place for new comedians to break out.
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Encore: Comedian Brian Regan Sees The Dinosaurs In Everyday Life
Brian Regan has been called "your favorite comedian's favorite comedian." He's also known as a "clean comic," which might explain why families make up a good portion of his audience.
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National
2 Women Publicly Corroborate E. Jean Carroll's Allegations Of Sexual Assault By Trump
Two women have come forward to corroborate E. Jean Carroll's claim that President Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s.
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Arts & Life
Smithsonian Institution Names Lonnie Bunch III As Its New Secretary
The Smithsonian Institution has named Lonnie Bunch III as its new secretary. He will become the first African American to lead the institution and the first historian to be elected to the position.
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Arts & Life
Newly Uncovered Georgia O'Keeffe Letters Shed Light On Her Greatest Paintings
The correspondences between the artist and her friend, filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz — just acquired by the Library of Congress — capture her thoughts as her career takes off.
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Arts & Life
As Shutdown Crawls On, Artists And Nonprofits Fear For Their 'Fragile Industry'
The partial government shutdown hasn't just shuttered museums in Washington, D.C. Across the U.S., and even beyond its borders, artists and the groups supporting them are grappling with the fallout.