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Saturday, May 18, 2013 8:33pm

Fresh Air Weekend: Gerwig, Baumbach, Dawes And Polley

In Frances Ha, a 27-year-old (Greta Gerwig) navigates New York City — and the transition from prolonged adolescence to proper adulthood. Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach co-wrote the script. Dawes has a new album, Stories Don't End. In a documentary, Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 8:33pm

Jerry Lee Lewis: Live, Singing As If Life Depended On It

In 1958, Lewis suffered a precipitous decline in popularity when people learned that his new wife was not only 13, but also his cousin. Nobody would touch his records. Then, in 1963, he signed a deal with Smash and it looked like things were getting better.
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Friday, May 17, 2013 8:33pm

Bill Hader On Sketch Comedy, Classic Hollywood

This weekend will be Hader's final romp on Saturday Night Live. He joined the cast in 2005 and has been nominated for an Emmy for his character Stefon, an obsessive clubgoer. Hader talks about not understanding how people do standup and about watching old films, which sparked his interest in Hollywood.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:33pm

'Into Darkness,' Boldly And With A Few Twists

The 12th film based on Gene Roddenberry's '60s sci-fi TV show is the second to star a new group of actors as Kirk, Spock and their crew. J.J. Abrams returns as director, and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays the memorable villain.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:33pm

100 Years Of Woody Herman: The Early Bloomer Who Kept Blooming

In a career that ran from the 1930s into the 1980s, and included work in big bands and rock 'n' roll, the clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader changed to reflect the times. Herman would have turned 100 on May 16.
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Aaron Sorkin: The Writer Behind 'The Newsroom'

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Aaron Sorkin's work includes A Few Good Men, The American President, The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War and The Social Network.

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On Aaron Sorkin's latest drama The Newsroom, Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) pledges to cover stories because they're important, not because they get ratings.

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Originally published on Mon July 16, 2012 11:16 am

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Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama The Newsroom follows the inner workings of a fictional cable network trying to challenge America's hyperpartisan 24/7 news culture. It's a typical Sorkin drama, complete with fast-paced dialogue, witty scenes and a strong ensemble cast.

So why a newsroom?

"It suits my style," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I like writing about heroes [who] don't wear capes or disguises. You feel like, 'Gee, this looks like the real world and feels like the real world — why can't that be the real world?' "

6:43 am

Sat July 14, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Iraq, Guthrie, 'Margaret'

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In Margaret, Lisa (Anna Paquin) distracts a bus driver, which leads to an accident in which a pedestrian is run over and dies.

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Originally published on Sat July 14, 2012 11:26 am

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

12:15 pm

Fri July 13, 2012

Tanglewood Celebrates 75th With Free Web Stream

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The scene at Tanglewood.

By Lloyd Schwartz

Originally published on Sun July 15, 2012 9:53 am

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On July 20, 1958, at Tanglewood — the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra — pianist Leon Fleisher played an electrifying Brahms First Piano Concerto with the orchestra under its former music director, Pierre Monteux. This remarkable teaming has not been heard since then.

10:19 am

Fri July 13, 2012

Aaron Paul: Playing A Meth Dealer On 'Breaking Bad'

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Aaron Paul plays a meth-making drug dealer on the AMC drama Breaking Bad. He also played a recurring character on the HBO series Big Love.

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Originally published on Fri July 13, 2012 11:56 am

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This interview was originally broadcast on September 19, 2011. Breaking Bad begins its fifth season on Sunday, July 15th at 10 PM EST.

Vince Gilligan's AMC drama Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston as a high school chemistry teacher named Walter White who turns to dealing drugs after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. White's partner-in-crime throughout the series is his former student Jesse Pinkman, played by actor Aaron Paul.

4:03 pm

Thu July 12, 2012

'Margaret': The Tortured Journey Of A Girl, On Screen

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Sarah Steele, Anna Paquin and Matthew Broderick in Margaret. The DVD release of Kenneth Lonergan's long-delayed second film includes the theatrical version and an extended 186-minute cut.

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Mark Ruffalo, who along with Broderick acted in Lonergan's breakout first film, You Can Count on Me, is part of an ensemble cast that also includes Matt Damon and Rosemarie DeWitt.

By David Edelstein

Originally published on Fri July 13, 2012 11:56 am

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"A fiasco with a great first half" is what I called Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret when it was dumped in one New York theater last fall, five years after it was shot, amid a legal battle between Lonergan and a producer.

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