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The 2019 Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA further supports previous findings that increasingly diverse audiences seek diverse television and movie content.

Hollywood Diversity Report Finds Progress, But Much Left To Gain

The annual UCLA study tallies box office numbers and ratings alongside diversity both on and off screen. Today's "increasingly diverse audiences prefer diverse film and television content," it finds.

A digital collage called "Everydays — The First Five Thousand Days" by the artist Beeple sold for almost $70 million by Christie's in an online auction Thursday.

Beeple JPG File Sells For $69 Million, Setting Crypto Art Record

The artwork, a digital collage called "Everydays — The First Five Thousand Days," signals a new milestone for the increasingly popular market for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

Students stand in the back row of a filled chemistry class at the California State University East Bay in Hayward, Calif., in September 2009. Officials from the Cal State system are seeking new prospective African-American students in church pews.

California State University Seeks Black Students From The Pews

Amid a demographic shift in California, university officials are heading to church to find new applicants.

GOP Senators Block Democrats' Student Loan Bill

GOP Senators hope for a hearing on their plan after Democrats couldn't get the votes necessary to move the bill to debate.

Showing an animal at a state or county fair is a crash course for developing financial management skills — and for the labor required in agriculture. “The experience of showing livestock for young people gives them at least some context for the amount of work that's required to actually live and work on a farm,” said Rachel Augustine, with the Missouri 4-H Foundation.

New flair for the Boone County Fair

Saturday fireworks and nightly trapeze performances offer new reasons to attend this week's fair.

Sunday Puzzle: Let's Get Phonetical

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WNYC listener Eileen Appel of New York City.

Jonathan Gross left the Department of Justice earlier this year and has become an outspoken critic of the department's leadership. This month, Gross gave an extensive in-studio interview to Brandon Straka, a conservative influencer and former Jan. 6 riot defendant, and appeared visibly frustrated with the direction of the department under Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general.

Ex-DOJ official goes public with blistering criticism of his former bosses

Until recently, Jonathan Gross was a Trump political appointee at the Department of Justice and worked on its "Weaponization Working Group." He has now become a vocal critic of the department.

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Liane Hansen speaks with Dino Brugioni, former senior officer t the Central Intelligence Agency's National Photographic Interpretation Center n Washington, D.C. The clandestine photo-lab that once handled the analysis of trategic satellite imagery was located on the top four floors of a seemingly rdinary car dealership in a nondescript D.C. neighborhood. Brugioni, who also uthored the 1990 book, "Eyeball to Eyeball - The Inside Story of the Cuban issle Crisis," (Random House) took host Liane Hansen on a walking tour around he structure that, at one time, held some of the most top-secret security nformation in American history.

Changes Coming in U.S. Military Command for Iraq

Reports say President Bush's new Iraq strategy is likely to be carried out by new commanders. Media reports say the president will replace the two top generals in the region.

Chef Eric Adjepong wants to bring the flavors of 'Ghana to the World'

We revisit our conversation with Food Network host and "Top Chef" finalist Eric Adjepong about his cookbook "Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past."

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