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2:26 pm
Sun October 28, 2012

Millennia Of Stargazing At 'African Cosmos' Exhibit

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Untitled, by South African artist Gavin Jantjes, is one of the works in the "African Cosmos" exhibition.
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This delicately painted Egyptian mummy case was created around 3,000 years ago for a singer in the temple of the sun god Amun-Re.
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This rainbow serpent was built from recycled gasoline cans by Romuald Hazoume, an artist from Benin.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 5:33 pm

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Movie Interviews
4:58 am
Sun October 28, 2012

John C. Reilly Wrecks It In 'Ralph'

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Academy and Grammy Award-nominated actor John C. Reilly takes his talents to the animated world of video games in Wreck-It Ralph.
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Tired of being overshadowed by Fix-It Felix Jr., the "good guy" star of their game, Ralph (John C. Reilly) sets off on a quest to prove he's got what it takes to be a hero.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 11:18 am

Hitting theaters this week is an epic story of good and evil, love and loss, failure and redemption ... Pac-Man ghosts and Cy-Bugs? Wreck-It Ralph is about video games and the characters who live in them.

Ralph is the villain who runs around smashing windows and destroying buildings. Fix-It Felix is the good guy with the golden hammer who cleans up Ralph's mess. And after 30 years as a video-game bad guy, Ralph is fed up with his job. Actor John C. Reilly, who does Ralph's voice, says grown-up audiences may be attracted to what is, essentially, a mid-life crisis.

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Sunday Puzzle
4:50 am
Sun October 28, 2012

Answer Me These Words Three

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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 3:17 pm

On-air challenge: Every answer is a three-word phrase, in which each word has four letters. All three words end in the same three letters, and they rhyme. For example, given the clue, "Series of offerings of excellent chardonnays and Rieslings," the answer would be "fine wine line."

Last week's challenge from Pierre Berloquin: What letter comes next in this series: W, L, C, N, I, T?

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Theater
4:44 am
Sun October 28, 2012

Star-Studded 'Heiress' Considers A Woman's Worth

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Jessica Chastain makes her Broadway debut as Catherine Sloper in The Heiress. Chastain says she was moved by the arc of her character's story — initially defined by the men in her life, but ultimately finding strength in herself.
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A revival of The Heiress, a 1947 play based on the Henry James novella Washington Square, opens at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York on Nov. 1. It stars (from left) Judith Ivey, Dan Stevens, David Strathairn and Jessica Chastain.
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Dan Stevens — Matthew Crawley on the hit TV show Downton Abbey — plays Morris Townsend, Sloper's passionate but penniless suitor.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 9:58 am

A much-anticipated revival of The Heiress, a 1947 play based on the Henry James novella Washington Square, opens in New York on Thursday. It marks the Broadway debut of two accomplished young stars — Jessica Chastain, the Academy Award nominee from The Help, and Dan Stevens, from the hit television series Downton Abbey.

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Movie Interviews
4:04 pm
Sat October 27, 2012

'Lemon': From Rikers To N.Y.'s Famous Public Theater

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Andersen's three felonies and difficult past are used as creative fodder in Lemon.
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Poet, actor and three-time felon Lemon Andersen thought he had escaped his troubled past when he embraced poetry and won a Tony Award. But the new documentary Lemon explores how he got drawn back into the hustle.
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Originally published on Sun October 28, 2012 11:24 am

His story begins a decade ago in Brooklyn, where he grew up fighting in New York's public housing before discovering another kind of power. After three felony convictions and time served at Rikers Island, Lemon Andersen didn't have many places to turn except to his words. Now he's a Tony Award winner with a rave-reviewed one-man show called County of Kings.

He spoke with weekends on All Things Considered guest host Jacki Lyden about his life and the new independent documentary film about it, called simply, Lemon.

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