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Project Runway host Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn at the Project Runway Spring 2013 fashion show in New York City. Today, Gunn is comfortable before an audience — but it wasn't always that way. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week hide caption

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From Trembling Teacher To Seasoned Mentor: How Tim Gunn Made It Work

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Friday

Linda Holmes and Trevor Noah talk during NPR's Weekend In Washington event on October 31. Paul Morigi/AP Images for NPR hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Conversation With Trevor Noah

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Tuesday

Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. Love it or loathe it, the dish has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Bill Hogan/TNS /Landov hide caption

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Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

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Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia Pope on Scandal, speaks during the "Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder" panel at a summer press tour event in Beverly Hills, Calif. Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption

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Aziz Ansari in the Netflix series Master of None. K.C. Bailey/Netflix hide caption

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Master Of None' And 'Challenger Deep'

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Wednesday

Rupert Evans plays Frank, a young man caught up in postwar drama and turmoil, in the Amazon Prime series, The Man in the High Castle. Liane Hentscher/Amazon Studios hide caption

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Amazon's 'High Castle' Offers A Chilling Alternate History Of Nazi Triumph

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Tuesday

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Once A Hard Sell, Wal-Mart's Patti LaBelle Pies Fly Off Shelves

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Monday

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'The Oatmeal' Remembers 'Star Trek' Creator's Heroic Plane Crash Rescue

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'Dear Prudence' Finally Gets Advice In Return: A New 'Prudie' Steps In

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