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Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire

Remembering Action Hero Chuck Norris

Bryan Stevenson says facing our racist past

is a path, not punishment

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Novelist Francis Spufford

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Remembering pop songwriter Neil Sedaka

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'Song Sung Blue' Director Craig Brewer

Neil Diamond / Noah Wyle

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Richard Kind Is Glad He's Not Super Famous

Comic Cristela Alonzo

Bluegrass Star Billy Strings

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The Stories Behind Your Favorite

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Best Of: Michael Shannon / 'Pluribus' Star Rhea Seehorn

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Best Of: George Clooney /

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Remembering Steve Cropper /

Playwright Tom Stoppard

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Grand Ole Opry At 100:

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A Look Back At Hitchcock's

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Ben Stiller On His Parents'

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Richard Linklater: 'Filmmaking Is Problem Solving'

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