Business Scarlett Johansson says she is 'shocked, angered' over new ChatGPT voice Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her. Bobby Allyn
Arts & Life Wild Card: Chris Pine Actor and director Chris Pine talks about learning from failure in an interview with NPR's Rachel Martin on her new show Wild Card. Rachel Hubbard
Movies Furiosa makes a splash at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival NPR's Tamara Keith asks Inverse critic and entertainment editor Hoai-Tran Bui about some of the buzz-worthy movies at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Tamara Keith
Arts & Life How 'The Sympathizer' depicts the Vietnam War NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with culture writer Daniel Chin about how the new HBO series The Sympathizer differs from other Hollywood depictions of the Vietnam War.
Arts & Life Brittany Howard makes acting debut as a pony with big dreams in 'Thelma the Unicorn' Singer-songwriter Brittany Howard makes her voice acting debut in Thelma the Unicorn, a mini pony who longs to be a star, and her dream comes true when she disguises herself as a unicorn. Mallory Yu Sarah Handel Scott Detrow
Arts & Life Remembering filmmaker Roger Corman, king of B-movies Corman, who died May 9, made hundreds of films, including the cult classics House of Usher and A Bucket of Blood. We listen back to a 1990 interview, plus critic John Powers offers an appreciation. Terry Gross John Powers
Movies New concert documentary has behind-the-scenes look at Spingsteen's latest tour Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band is coming to Disney+ and Hulu in October. It feature interviews with the musicians as they figure out their performance setlists and other issues.
Arts & Life This film festival spotlights efforts to preserve and discover lost movies The Restored and Rediscovered film festival begins Monday at the Jacob Burns Film Festival in New York City. It's meant to put a spotlight on movies that have been since lost. Jordan-Marie Smith Christopher Intagliata Ailsa Chang
Arts & Life What 'Pop Culture Happy Hour' thinks of Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tart movie 'Unfrosted' The Netflix movie Unfrosted tells a made-up version of Pop-Tarts' origin story. It hasn't been received favorably, including by NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts. Linda Holmes Aisha Harris Stephen Thompson
Movies The adventures of Middle Earth will soon continue in theaters Andy Serkis, the actor who portrayed Gollum, the tormented creature obsessed with the One Ring to rule them all, in Lord of the Rings, will reprise the role in two films centered around the character.