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Friday

Review

Movies

'Diving' into a Personal Story

Fresh Air

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, a French film by Julian Schnabel (Basquiat and Before Night Falls), is based on a memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby, an Elle magazine editor who suffered a stroke. Afterward, a therapist taught him to communicate by blinking his left eye.

'Diving' into a Personal Story

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Down to 'The Wire' for Crime Drama

Fresh Air

Writer and producer Ed Burns draws on his experience as a former Baltimore detective to create the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, now in its fifth and final season. It's a crime drama with a central theme of surveillance technology used to capture drug dealers.

Down to 'The Wire' for Crime Drama

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Review

Movies

With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny

Based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's 1997 memoir, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is an unexpectedly funny film. It was written after a stroke left Bauby almost completely paralyzed.

With a Sad Subject, 'Diving Bell' Surprisingly Funny

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Thursday

Business

Stagehand Strike Ends; Broadway Back in Business

Once the stagehands union strike was settled Wednesday night, the frazzled but happy casts and crews of the 27 shuttered Broadway shows went into high gear to reopen Thursday.

Stagehand Strike Ends; Broadway Back in Business

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Performing Arts

Stars Ready for Spotlight After 3 Workless Weeks

Broadway's stagehands have agreed to return, and the shows will go on. But what about the actors who have not had a complete performance in nearly three weeks? Bob Saget, star of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, talks about what he expects when he hits the stage.

Stars Ready for Spotlight After 3 Workless Weeks

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All Things Considered

Aussie Singer Joins Ranks of Entertainer-Politicians

Peter Garrett has joined the ranks of musicians who have used their fame to get into politics. The former lead singer of the rock group Midnight Oil is the environment, heritage and arts minister in Australia's new government.

Aussie Singer Joins Ranks of Entertainer-Politicians

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Curtain Goes Up on Broadway; TV Airs Reruns

The curtain will go up Thursday on most of the Broadway shows that have been closed for 19 days by a stagehands strike. Stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night on the fight, which has kept more than two dozen shows in the dark.

Steve Inskeep and Jeff Lunden discuss the end of the stagehands strike on Morning Edition

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Technology

Writers Use 'Net to Gain Edge in Strike

Striking Hollywood screenwriters are still being creative and making funny, topical videos for the Internet. The videos make their argument for being paid when their work is online and in other new media. Their work is giving them an edge in the contract dispute with production studios.

Kim Masters reports on how striking writers are using the Internet on Morning Edition

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Education

Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach

The University of Illinois hopes its new "global campus," set to launch early 2008, will reach more than 10,000 new online students in the next few years. At the university's campus in Springfield, Ill., faculty already use blogs and wikis in their courses.

Illinois School Looks to Tech Tools to Teach

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Wednesday

Opinion

'The Savages' Captures Realities of a Family Crisis

The Savages, with its depiction of family members dealing with their ailing father, hit close to home for NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Movies are emotionally effective, Mondello says, because they come so close to the truth.

'The Savages' Captures Realities of a Family Crisis

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