Elizabeth Blair
Stories
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Arts & Life
Conan O'Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for comedy
"I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien said in a release from The Kennedy Center.
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Arts & Life
Neil Gaiman has responded to sexual misconduct allegations
The accusations stretch back decades and first became public last summer. Gaiman wrote, "I'm far from a perfect person, but I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone. Ever."
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The Vivienne, theater star and 'Rupaul's Drag Race UK' winner, has died at 32
James Lee Williams was best known as "The Vivienne," a drag queen who competed in the TV show Dancing On Ice, starred in musical theatre in London, and won the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race U.K.
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Arts & Life
After 8 years, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement
The couple married in 2014, but separated two years later. A lengthy legal battle ensued over custody of their children and the future of their once-shared Château Miraval.
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Remembering Alex Yurkiv, the 19-year-old behind a Christian song that went viral
Earlier this year, 19-year-old Alex Yurkiv was killed in a motorcycle accident in Australia. His name isn't well-known, but he co-wrote a Christian song that's been played more than 30 million times.
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Arts & Life
We needed comic relief in 2024. Here are 5 stand-up specials where we found it
Hasan Minhaj, Ronny Chieng, Mike Birbiglia, Hannah Einbinder and Michelle Buteau all delivered specials that cracked us up this year.
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Arts & Life
Study finds more TV depictions of abortion this year — but they're still mostly getting it wrong
The findings of an annual report on how abortion is depicted on TV are released today.
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Television
Iconic children's TV show Sesame Street and Max are going their separate ways
MAX will no longer distribute new episodes of "Sesame Street" after 2025.
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Arts & Life
Packed house pays tribute to Kennedy Center honorees
The stars came out to celebrate this year's Kennedy Center Honorees: Bonnie Raitt, the Grateful Dead, Arturo Sandoval, Francis Ford Coppola and The Apollo. The Honors broadcast on CBS on Dec. 22.
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Europe
A Danish museum agrees to return a bronze sculpture looted from Turkey
A Danish museum has agreed to return the bronze head of a Roman Emperor to Turkey. The sculpture was among thousands of artifacts looted from Turkey and sold to American and European museums. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 3, 2024.)
