Brittany Luse
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Arts & Life
'Sing Sing', a film about art in prison, gets 3 Oscar nominations
The movie 'Sing Sing,' starring Colman Domingo and a cast of real-life formerly incarcerated actors, tells the story of a group of incarcerated men who work together to stage an original musical.
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Food
Why are people smearing beef fat on their face?
"New Year, New Me" Episode 3: beef tallow & natural skincareAccording to Pew Research Center, 79% of New Year's resolutions are about one thing: health. It's Been a Minute is kicking off 2025 with a little series called "new year, new me." We're getting into some of the big questions and cultural confusion around our health and wellness. For our final installment, we're getting into a new skincare trend: using beef tallow as a moisturizer. That's right – beef fat rendered from suet is one of the trends du jour. Brittany Luse sits down with Marie Claire senior beauty editor Samantha Holender and beauty journalist Jennifer Sullivan to understand why the beef tallow trend has taken off, what it says about what we value in our skin care, and whether we should be using beef tallow at all. Support public media and receive ad-free listening & bonus. Join NPR+ today.
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Now in her 50s, Kylie Minogue says she feels liberated
NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue. Her new album Tension II is a follow-up to last year’s Tension.
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Arts & Life
Cole Escola talks about reimagining the life of Mary Todd Lincoln in 'Oh, Mary!'
It’s Been a Minute host Brittany Luse calls Oh, Mary! one of the funniest theater shows she’s ever seen. She sat down with its creator and star Cole Escola ahead of the Broadway debut.
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Arts & Life
'The Harlem Renaissance' and what is Black art for?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showcasing visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance in the exhibition, “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.”
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Arts & Life
J.Lo can't stop telling us about herself. Why can't I stop watching?
Jennifer Lopez's latest film is a direct-to-streaming musical extravaganza called This Is Me...Now. It's a self-financed love story inspired by her own that is at once camp, and classically J.Lo.
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Arts & Life
How the remixed American 'cowboy' became the breakout star of 2023
2023 represented a collective reclamation of the cowboy for those who have traditionally felt threatened or excluded by the archetype of the patriarchal, ruggedly individualistic gunslinger.
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Arts & Life
Interview of a lifetime: What it was like to talk with the legendary Barbra Streisand
NPR's Juana Summers talks with It's Been a Minute host Brittany Luse about her interview with legend Barbra Streisand, whose memoir is out.