NPR News

Pages

Movie Reviews
9:41 am
Fri June 1, 2012

A 'Snow White' As Bleak As It Is Grimm

Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 5:09 pm

The ads for Snow White and the Huntsman show a glum Kristen Stewart dressed for battle, obviously playing the huntsman. Hold the phone, she's Snow White. Another storybook heroine turned warrior! Just like the princess in this year's first Snow White picture, Mirror Mirror, who not only goes mano a mano with her patronizing, patriarchal prince, but tells him she's sick of stories in which damsels take their distress lying down.

Read more
TED Radio Hour
8:58 am
Fri June 1, 2012

What Do China And The Banjo Have In Common?

Credit Shervil Lainez / Courtesy of Abigail Washburn
"Is it an original idea? Or is it something where you're literally a creative collagist? You're taking pieces of the world that you see around you and that are inside of you and put them together in a way that you see fit." — Abigail Washburn

Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 2:37 pm

TED Radio Hour
8:58 am
Fri June 1, 2012

Do All Of Us Possess Genius?

Credit Asa Mathat / TED
"There's a courageous leap that has to happen for anybody who's working in the creative field."TED Media Executive Producer June Cohen, on working with Elizabeth Gilbert in crafting her TEDTalk.

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 4:01 pm

TED Radio Hour
8:58 am
Fri June 1, 2012

When Does Creativity Start And End?

Credit James Duncan Davidson / TED
Poet Billy Collins

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 4:00 pm

The Two-Way
8:33 am
Fri June 1, 2012

Stocks Drop On Weak Jobs News

Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 3:57 pm

Stock prices fell on Wall Street today as investors digested the much-weaker-than-expected report on job growth in May.

The damage? The Dow plunged 274 points or 2.2 percent. The Nasdaq fell 80 points or 2.82 percent.

CNN Money reports the Dow had the worst day of 2012, erasing "all its gains for the year."

Read more

Pages