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A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovics life — sort of. David Bianculli reviews Wednesday. Journalist Steve Lopez turned his retirement question into a reporting project.

Spielberg jokes that his new film, The Fabelmans, is "$40 million of therapy." Maureen Corrigan reviews Foster. Half American author Matthew Delmont details the racism Black troops faced during WWII.

Jackie Faherty is a people person, but the sky is a “familiar and safe friend,” too.

Chukwu says Emmett Till's mother deserves her rightful place in history. Ken Tucker reviews Taylor Swift's new album, Midnights. Emerson's novel Shutter follows a forensic photographer in New Mexico.

New Yorker writer Evan Osnos traces the path of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui. Maureen Corrigan reviews The Year of the Puppy, by Alexandra Horowitz. Hill looks back in the memoir Uphill.

Clark wants to make it easier to cook dinner. John Powers reviews the Indian epic RRR. Author and podcaster Jacob Goldstein says we don't think of money as a technology, but we should.

Lynn, who died Oct. 4, grew up in poverty in eastern Kentucky and went on to have 16 No. 1 hits. Justin Chang reviews Bros. Bloom talks about Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and her new Hulu comedy, Reboot.

NPR's Nina Totenberg comically claimed, "I have never shaded my reporting because of my friendship with Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg."

Shamelessly liberal NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg hit the New York Times Best Seller list with her new book "Dinners with Ruth," celebrating five decades of flouting any notion

Totenberg looks back on her decades-long friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Kevin Whitehead reviews the new album from the Free Form Funky Freqs. Ralph plays a veteran teacher on Abbott.