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Monroe's Legacy Is Making Fortune, But For Whom?

Marilyn Monroe, a global symbol of beauty, glamour and sex, died on Aug. 5, 1962. Fifty years later, she's still in style — and making more money than ever. Monroe's come-hither expression is...

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Marvin Hamlisch, Movie And Broadway Composer, Has Died

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Phyllis Diller, Comedy's Self-Deprecating Pioneer

A queen of comedy has died. Phyllis Diller had audiences in stitches for more than five decades with her outlandish get-ups and rapid-fire one-liners. She died at her home, where she had been in...

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The Strange Story Of The Man Behind 'Strange Fruit'

One of Billie Holiday's most iconic songs is "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a...

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Anti-Islam Film May Be Connected To Libya Attack

Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to hear more now about the film that was, at least in part, the catalyst for the violence in Libya, as well as protests in Egypt. Some news outlets are...

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Delta Rae: Modern Folklore Music

Love songs are like the meat and potatoes of most rock and pop music, but sometimes you need something different. For the band Delta Rae from Durham, N.C., inspiration for new material comes from stuff...

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Hilary Mantel First Woman To Win Booker Prize Twice

Writer Hilary Mantel has won her second Man Booker prize. She was recognized for her book, Bring Up The Bodies. Mantel is the first British writer and woman to win the award more than once.

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Impersonating The President: From Will Rogers To Obama's 'Anger Translator'

Political commentators will be working overtime in the countdown to the presidential election. So will political comedians, including the candidates' impersonators.Impersonators have been part of the...

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Hispanics Call For Kennedy Center Honors

This weekend, some big names are coming to Washington for a red-carpet event. Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues guitarist Buddy Guy and the British rock band Led...

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Etsy Crafts A Strategy For Staying Handmade And Profitable

Etsy has gotten very big, very fast. This year, sales are at about $800 million."Their growth on all the major metrics you want to look at has accelerated really consistently," says journalist Rob...

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Remembering Fontella Bass, Voice Of A Soul Classic

R&B singer Fontella Bass has died at a hospice in St. Louis. She was 72. Bass is best known for the soul classic "Rescue Me."

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World War II Exhibit Asks Visitors, 'What Would You Do?'

For many, the stakes and the scale of World War II are hard to fathom. It was a war fought around the world, against powerful, determined regimes in Europe and the Pacific; some 65 million people died.

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For Would-Be Sundancers, Kickstarter Can Fuel Films

If you want to make a movie, you generally need a lot of money. And filmmakers have to be creative about raising it.Just ask the filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival, taking place this week in Park...

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For Super Bowl Ads, More Social-Media Savvy

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In Moscow, Scandals Shake A Storied Ballet

It's a story right out of the movies: The artistic director of one of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world is violently attacked. His attacker and the motive are shrouded in mystery. But...

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Familiar Folks Make Up A Play's 'Good People'

How we end up in life has a lot to do with where we came from. That theory gets a good workout in the play Good People, from Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire. When the show was on Broadway...

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More Than 50 Years Of Putting Kids' Creativity To The Test

This is the second in a three-part series aboutthe intersection of education and the arts.Let's start with a question from a standardized test: "How would the world be different if we all had a third...

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In D.C., Art Program Turns Boys' Lives Into 'Masterpieces'

This is the third in a three-part series aboutthe intersection of education and the arts.Life Pieces to Masterpieces is an arts program that's not entirely about the art. It's an after-school program...

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'Venus And Serena': An Extraordinary Story, Told On Film

It's Cinderella plus Jackie Robinson times two. When Venus and Serena Williams burst onto the lily-white world of tennis, they changed the game and made history: They were sisters. From a poor...

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Plans For Smithsonian Museum 'Bubble' May Have Burst

Call it the Smithsonian's bubble problem. One of the Smithsonian museums — the Hirshhorn museum for contemporary art — came up with an ambitious new design to add more space: Why not build a giant,...

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