Arts: One on One

Fresh Air: Julian Fellowes on the rules of 'Downton'

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff) — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Julian Fellowes may be the Baron Fellowes of West Stafford, but the English screenwriter, director and novelist says his background "was much more ordinary than the newspapers have made it."

Fresh Air: Quentin Tarantino, 'Unchained' and unruly

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff ) — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:15:14 GMT

Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained is a spaghetti western-inspired revenge film set in the antebellum South; it's about a former slave who teams up with a bounty hunter to target the plantation owner who owns his wife.

A conversation with the Philadelphia Orchestra's Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

newsworks@whyy.org (Radio Times staff) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:30:00 GMT

The Philadelphia Sound will continue to resonate in its 113th season under Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s baton – after conducting under the director-designate title for two years, he has officially become the eighth music director of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Radio Times: Matthew Quick on the 'Silver Linings Playbook'

newsworks@whyy.org (Radio Times staff ) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:15:00 GMT

Filmed in and around Philadelphia, "Silver Linings Playbook" is based on Matthew Quick's debut novel of the same name, which is about a man who moves in with his parents after time in a mental institution as he tries to put his life back together.

Fresh Air: Tig Notaro on going 'live' about her life

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:21:18 GMT

"Good evening, hello. I have cancer. How are you?"That's how comedian Tig Notaro began her set at Largo in Los Angeles the day she was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer.

Radio Times: Has pop music changed?

newsworks@whyy.org (Radio Times staff) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:27:48 GMT

What is pop music and how does it change throughout the decades? The top ten songs on Itunes and Billboard may not reflect what you listen to and your grandparents listened to, but millions of people are still paying for the music.

Fresh Air: Andrew Rannells' role as gay and serious in 'New Normal'

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff ) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:20:00 GMT

After Andrew Rannells pitched himself for a starring role in NBC's The New Normal, the show's creator didn't call for a month.

Fresh Air: The brains behind LCD Soundsystem

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff ) — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:22:49 GMT

James Murphy, founder of LCD Soundsystem, tells Terry Gross why he stopped complaining about other bands and decided to start making his own music instead.

Remembering Nora Ephron

newsworks@whyy.org (Dave Davies) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:40:19 GMT

I was pained to read today that Nora Ephron had died due to complications of leukemia. She was 71.
If you don't quite recognize the name, she wrote a bunch of films, including "Silkwood," "When Harry Met Sally," and a personal favorite of mine , "My Blue Heaven," starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis. She wrote and directed "Sleepless in Seattle," "You’ve Got Mail," and "Julie and Julia."

Fresh Air: Joan Rivers hates you and everyone else

newsworks@whyy.org (Fresh Air staff) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 20:00:00 GMT

Joan Rivers doesn't hold anything back. Over the course of her 50-year career, Rivers has made fun of her bankruptcy, her many face lifts, her husband's suicide and the many sacrifices she made over the years as a female standup performer.