Alan Dale says laughing at slapstick is - at its heart - an expression of our sympathy with TV and film characters who get hurt. He says it's also relief that, for once, it's not us in pain.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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He talks about his new CD, "Sorry We're Open," and his future projects.
Jeanine Basinger tells Anne Strainchamps how the movie studios manufactured stars from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Karen Joy Fowler won the PEN/Faulkner Award for best fiction for her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves." Based on a true story, it’s the remarkable tale of two girls raised as sisters, until one is removed from the family. The twist is that one sister is a chimpanzee.
How painting radium on watches and instrument dials killed more than 50 young women working in Ottawa, Illinois.
Patty Loveless talks with Anne Strainchamps about some of the music from her new album “On Your Way Home.”
Michael Schaffer didn't want to be one of THOSE people who take excessive care of their pets, but found himself realizing that the line between normal and extreme has made a major shift in our culture in the last fifteen years.
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