Search results for

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the first full-length feature film of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. He says director Michael Radford's adaptation features stunning performances from Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.

The Fox television network has a new, controversial reality show premiering this week -- Who's Your Daddy, where an adopted woman tries to pick out her biological father. Variety critic Brian Lowry says Fox doesn't shy away from shows bordering on the tasteless. In fact it encourages them.

Gatwa, best known for the role of Eric Effiong in the Netflix series Sex Education, is the first Black person to be cast full-time in the starring role in the iconic BBC series.

Jimmy Norman sang with the Coasters for three decades. He played with Hendrix and wrote lyrics for "Time is on My Side." At 70, he has his first nationally distributed solo CD: Little Pieces. Hear Norman and NPR's Scott Simon.

For those with less-than-perfect singing voices, technology offers help. A number of computer programs can correct pitch to make just about anyone sound in tune -- even NPR's Renee Montagne, who lends her voice to show how the software works.

Day to Day senior producer Steve Proffitt joins NPR's Alex Chadwick to discuss Web sites that offer advice to would-be expatriate Americans. Some disappointed liberals plan to move to another country to protest the re-election of President Bush.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the career of British author Graham Greene, born October 2, 1904, in Berkhamsted, England. Greene was best known for his well-crafted spy thrillers, set in exotic locales.

NPR's John Ydstie talks to Eric Lutz, a legislative assistant in Washington, D.C., for the latest edition of the feature "What Are You Listening To?" Lutz's selections include Brazilian pop and two styles of jazz.

Music critic Milo Miles reviews Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster, featuring performances by many contemporary artists, including John Prine, Yo Yo Ma and Mavis Staples.

Tom Terrell has a review of Soul on Top, a re-release of a James Brown recording from 1970. On it, Brown sings jazz tunes such as "September Song" and "What kind of Fool am I?"