Andrew Limbong

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Nordstrom Drops Ivanka Trump's Fashion Line Due To Lagging Sales

Friday, February 03, 2017

Ivanka Trump's fashion line has been dropped by Nordstrom. The retailer says the brand's sales have lagged.

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Why Being Bored Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing

Thursday, January 19, 2017

In her book, How to Be Bored, Eva Hoffman says we should embrace those moments when we'd otherwise be looking for stimulation. Her book is part of a self-help series called The School Of Life.

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Actor Om Puri Had Roles In More Than 300 Movies During His Life

Sunday, January 08, 2017

The acclaimed Indian actor died at home on Jan. 6 after an apparent heart attack. He was 66 years old. Puri acted in some 300 movies, including Gandhi, Charlie Wilson's War, and East is East.

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Disney Becomes First Studio To Cross $7 Billion Global Box Office

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

The Disney corporation has sold more than $7 billion worth of tickets to its movies so far this year. NPR takes a look at the movies that did so well and how Disney did it.

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'He Was Just That Anointed': Remembering Gospel Star Joe Ligon

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Ligon, a co-founder of the influential group the Mighty Clouds of Joy, died Sunday. He was part of a movement toward contemporary gospel, which incorporated elements of R&B and pop.

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Baltimore Evicts Artists From Warehouse Over Safety Concerns

Friday, December 09, 2016

A makeshift artist studio and living space in Baltimore was shut down Monday, a few days after a deadly California warehouse fire. The tenants are now left wondering where to go from here.

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Phil Chess, Co-Founder Of Chess Records, Dies At 95

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

With his brother Leonard, Chess championed iconic blues and rock 'n' roll artists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Etta James. He died Wednesday.

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On Chuck Berry's Birthday, A Crash Course In His Music

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Berry, who turns 90 Tuesday, is a rock deity, but there are many for whom he is merely a famous name. NPR's Andrew Limbong was among the uninitiated — until now.

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First Woman And African-American Sworn In As Librarian Of Congress

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

On Wednesday in Washington D.C., Carla Hayden became the first woman and the first African-American to be sworn in as the Librarian of Congress. She's facing a huge change in how we interact with information.

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Artist Peter Doig Says He Didn't Paint This, And A Judge Agrees

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A retired corrections officer says he bought the painting from Doig in 1976, but Doig (now a famous artist) says that wasn't him. So the retiree lawyered up and went to court.

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Bobby Hutcherson, Jazz Vibraphone Modernist, Has Died

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The mallet percussionist released more than 40 albums and played on many classics of the 1960s and '70s, expanding the scope of what was possible on his instrument. He was 75.

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C Is For Contract: Longtime Actors In Grown-Up Dispute With 'Sesame Street'

Wednesday, August 03, 2016

Bob McGrath, who has worked on the show since 1969, says he and two other original cast members have been let go. Sesame Workshop is calling it a "misunderstanding."

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Scotty Moore, Essential Rock 'N' Roll Sideman, Dies At 84

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The guitarist played lead on Elvis Presley's early recordings, and was part of some of the most iconic moments in rock 'n' roll history. Moore died Tuesday after a long illness.

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Chips Moman, Grammy-Winning Songwriter And Producer, Dies

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Chips Moman has died at age 79. As a producer he brought out albums from Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette and the Highwaymen.

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Actress, Victims Advocate Theresa Saldana Dies At 61

Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Saldana was in films such as Raging Bull. In 1982, she was stabbed 10 times by an obsessed fan. She survived the attack and later helped start support groups for other victims of violent crimes.

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Tejano Music King Emilio Navaira Dies At 53

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The king of Tejano music has died. Emilio Navaira passed away suddenly Monday night at the age of 53. Along with Selena, Navaira was credited with making Tejano music mainstream in the 1990s.

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'My Boo' Lands On Billboard Hot 100 Chart Again

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

The Billboard Hot 100 chart right now features a song that originally charted back in 1996, Ghost Town DJ's, "My Boo." Why? Because two high school students were bored in class.

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Comcast Buys DreamWorks Animation For $3.8 Billion In Race Against Disney

Friday, April 29, 2016

Cable industry analyst Craig Moffett says this move puts Comcast in closer competition with Disney — not necessarily on the big screen, but on television and among other comcast-owned franchises.

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Prince Lived Outside The Confines Of Genre, Race And Gender

Friday, April 22, 2016

Music fans are still reeling from the news that Prince died on Thursday at age 57. People are gathering to pay their respects. In New York, there was a party beneath the marquee of the Apollo Theater.

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For Some Asian-Americans, Calvin Trillin's Chinese Food Poem Is Unappetizing

Thursday, April 07, 2016

A satirical poem in The New Yorker about Chinese food in the U.S. has left many Asian-American writers with a bad taste in their mouths.

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