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Tuesday

Technology

'Internetainers' Make Money Off YouTube Hits

Internet film producers Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal have produced more than 200 videos that have been watched by millions of online viewers. They are part of a growing number of filmmakers who are finding ways to profit off of the Internet.

'Internetainers' Make Money Off YouTube Hits

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Movies

What 'Do The Right Thing' Means 20 Years Later

In 1989, Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing captured the racial tensions of urban America. Chicago Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice explores to what extent the film still portrays the racial divide 20 years after its debut.

What 'Do The Right Thing' Means 20 Years Later

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Review

Music Reviews

Patterson Hood: Drive-By Boss Does 'Murder'

Fresh Air

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Patterson Hood's new album Murdering Oscar and Other Love Songs. It's Hood's second solo album featuring songs from the early 90's as well as some more recent ones, all of them have been freshly recorded over the past few years.

Patterson Hood: Drive-By Boss Does 'Murder'

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World

Director Seeks To Capture Life In Modern Tibet

Pema Tseden is the first director in China ever to film movies entirely in the Tibetan language. His latest film, The Search, won the Grand Jury Prize at Shanghai's recent International Film Festival. He says Tibet has always been depicted by outsiders who pander to their own imagination.

Director Seeks To Capture Life In Modern Tibet

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Kathy Griffin's Life: All D-List, Even This Interview

Red-headed comedian Kathy Griffin, star of the Bravo reality show My Life on the D-List, says even her glimpses of A-list celebrity status are overshadowed by her D-list realities. And to Griffin, being interviewed on NPR is clearly a D-list gig.

Kathy Griffin's Life: All D-List, Even This Interview

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Monday

Music Interviews

Which Michael Jackson Will You Remember?

Michael Jackson's death shed light on the many conflicting images the public has of him. Depending on when you became a fan, those images may be hard to reconcile. Tell us how you'll remember the pop star who spent his life in the spotlight.

Which Michael Jackson Will You Remember?

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Technology

The Latest Fad: Must-Tweet TV

From MTV to CNN, the networks are scrambling to incorporate Twitter's 140-character social media feeds into their programming. But will it last? History is littered with futile attempts to integrate television with the latest technological fad.

The Latest Fad: Must-Tweet TV

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Sunday

Britain, Greece Quarrel Over Ancient Relics

The Parthenon is a national symbol in Greece, but many of the marble sculptures that adorned the temple are in London. The British Museum houses the ancient relics, famously called the Elgin Marbles, claiming it's better equipped to care for them. But now, the Greek government has built a state of the art museum — at a price tag of $200 million — and it wants those sculptures back.

Britain, Greece Quarrel Over Ancient Relics

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Saturday

Pop Culture

Andy Richter: Settling In On 'The Tonight Show'

Actor-comic Andy Richter has stepped into shoes once occupied by the recently departed Ed McMahon, taking on announcer duties on Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show. Richter joins Scott Simon to talk about what it's like to work on a much loved late-night show.

Andy Richter: Settling In On 'The Tonight Show'

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National

Figuring Michael Jackson's Estate A Complex Task

As authorities look deeper into the cause of Michael Jackson's death, financial experts will be trying to determine the value of his estate, which was weighed down by massive debts. So it will likely take some time to untangle Jackson's complex financial affairs.

Figuring Michael Jackson's Estate A Complex Task

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Friday

Music News

No Ruling After Jackson's Autopsy

Investigators are trying to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of the pop music legend. An autopsy performed Friday was inconclusive, and more tests were ordered. Jackson has a history of addiction to painkillers.

No Ruling After Jackson's Autopsy

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Music Interviews

'Bad' Choreographer Remembers Michael Jackson

Choreographer and dancer Jeffrey Daniel worked with Michael Jackson on his hit videos Bad and Smooth Criminal. He also taught Jackson "the backslide," which the king of pop later developed into the famous "moonwalk."

'Bad' Choreographer Remembers Michael Jackson

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Reviewing Science On The Big Screen

From sci-fi to documentaries, good science films tell the human story behind scientific ideas. Which films get the science right, and which don't? Physicist and movie critic Sidney Perkowitz runs through some of this summer's top science flicks.

Reviewing Science On The Big Screen

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Movies

'Hurt Locker': American Bomb Squad In Baghdad

Fresh Air

Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow knows how to get under your skin and control your responses — as she does in her latest feature, the Baghdad-set war movie The Hurt Locker. David Edelstein has a review.

'Hurt Locker': American Bomb Squad In Baghdad

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Gabriel Byrne Gives The Listening 'Treatment'

Fresh Air

Actor Gabriel Byrne may play a therapist on TV, but he's never actually been to therapy himself. Instead, he prepared for his role on HBO's In Treatment by drawing on his experience as observer.

Gabriel Byrne Gives The Listening 'Treatment'

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