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'When Time Was New': 'Wonder Woman' Brings Sunlight To The DC Universe

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: "Wonder Woman" opens this weekend. It's the first superhero film headed by women both in front of and behind the camera. In a moment, NPR's...

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Meet Emin Agalarov, Trump-Connected Russian Pop Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZUNjFsgS8 Over the past few days, an old, hitherto unknown music video has gone viral: the music video for "In Another Life," by Russian pop star Emin. In the video,...

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George Romero, Creator Of 'Night Of The Living Dead,' Dies At 77

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Hollywood lost two of its stars this weekend - George Romero and Martin Landau. More about Landau in a couple of minutes. First, director...

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8-Year-Old Puerto Rican To Trump: 'Stop Tweeting And Come Help The People'

Eight-year-old Yan Anthony Hernandez has deep dimples on each side of his smile. Somehow, he managed to sleep through the hurricane that roared over his home in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Unlike those...

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Post-Hurricane Help Slow To Arrive In 'Despacito' Neighborhood

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The song of the summer connected its fans to an oceanside barrio that borders the city walls of Old San Juan. And now the people in this part...

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President Trump To Tour Puerto Rico's Devastation From The Air

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is expected to travel to Las Vegas tomorrow. But today, he and first lady Melania Trump are at the scene of another, although...

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'We Feel Forgotten': In Storm-Battered Home Of Musical Hit, Help Comes...

Residents of La Perla are still waiting for help. The notoriously dangerous barrio of candy colored homes is bordered by the Caribbean on one side and the ancient city walls of Old San Juan on the...

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In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Maria, President Trump Visits Puerto Rico

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: President Trump made his first visit to Puerto Rico today since the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria almost two weeks ago. The...

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Puerto Rico's 'Singing Newspapers' Tell A Story Of Resilience

Since Hurricane Maria, people in Puerto Rico have been without easy access to electricity, clean drinking water, or food. Many are still staying in shelters; some are living in the ruins of their...

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Orange Chicken, Panda Express' Gift To American Chinese Food, Turns 30

Happy birthday, Orange Chicken. There are a lot of home recipes now for this dish. But Panda Express, the country's largest Chinese-American fast food chain, claims to have created this sweet and sour...

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'Guerrilla Tacos': Street Food With A High-End Pedigree

How many taco trucks do you know that not only have a cookbook but a theme song? Wes Avila's Guerrilla Tacos truck does – and has once again made food critic Jonathan Gold's influential list of...

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Accomplished Actress And Humanitarian Meghan Markle To Marry Prince Harry

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Prince Harry V in line to the British throne has announced he will marry American actor and model Meghan Markle. On the BBC today, the couple...

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At Design Miami, The Future Isn't So Bright

A chair is just a chair, unless it's designed as a sound-insulated "isolation sphere": a space-age, egg-shaped pod that was created by a French architect in 1971. It's the kind of unique object you can...

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Hollywood Diversity Study Finds 'Mixed Bag' When It Comes To Representation

The global box office success of Black Panther is no surprise to UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt. His annual report on Hollywood diversity argues that movies and TV shows with diverse casts and creators...

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What Gun Violence Protesters Can Learn From 1968's Chicano Blowouts

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: This year's school walkouts protesting gun violence echo an earlier generation of high school students in East Los Angeles. Fifty years ago,...

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Looking At Photographer George Rodriguez

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Photographer George Rodriguez chronicled Los Angeles for nearly six decades from Hollywood to the Chicano movement to hip-hop and beyond. As...

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Disneyland Fan Amassed A Collection Over 25 Years. Now It's For Sale

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: All right. We have a lighter story for you now. Most people who visit Disneyland bring home, like, souvenir Mickey Mouse ears. A man named...

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The Future Of Food Critics

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Years before Anthony Bourdain traveled the world on his culinary adventures, Jonathan Gold wrote stories about the fancy restaurants and taco...

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WarnerMedia Announces New Inclusion Rider Policy To Promote Diversity

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Warner Bros. has become the first major Hollywood studio to adopt the inclusion rider. Parent company WarnerMedia announced the policy...

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The Rise Of The Los Angeles Philharmonic To 'America's Most Important Orchestra'

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: A new climate report commissioned by the United Nations paints a pretty dire picture for the year 2040 - high food shortages, wildfires,...

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