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Paula Cavanaugh Carter
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FROM Paula Cavanaugh Carter
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Oscars Accents The Oscars are this Sunday. And though it might be too early to predict who the winners will be, we know what many of the nominees sound like – not American. This year, nearly half are English, Irish or Australian. How is it that these actors are so good at playing Americans? Well, one reason is they master the accent.
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An unscripted bonanza Mysterious singers, more performance shows and relationship reality series to boot. No, it's not the year 2000, but it sure feels like it--at least in terms of the resurgence of unscripted television.
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The West Has Islam Dangerously Wrong University of Michigan professor and author Juan Cole explores our biggest misconceptions about the world's second-largest religion.
Design and Architecture
A radical act of rezoning; UK prepares for Brexit Planners are calling Minneapolis the most radical city in America, after a vote to allow duplexes and triplexes to be built on lots previously zoned for only single-family homes. What are the chances something like this could happen in LA?