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Arts & Life
Mexico's Oscar-Winning Directors Embrace Rise Of Fernando Frías De La Parra
Director Fernando Frías de la Parra's Netflix film I'm No Longer Here is Mexico's entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. "He's truly original," says Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.
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Music
50 Years Later, 'Feliz Navidad' Still Delivers On Its Bilingual Message
Puerto Rican singer José Feliciano first came up with the Spanish/English Christmas song because he missed his family. Now, 50 years later, he's recorded a new version with 30 friends.
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Arts & Life
Latinx Authors Celebrated In Virtual Children's Book Fest
Las Musas, the Muses, is a group of Latina writers who held their first LatinX KidLit Book Festival to celebrate authors, illustrators and books by and about LatinX people.
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Music
NEA Heritage Fellow Suni Paz Sings For Children And The Have-Nots
One of the first artists to introduce North American audiences to her style of Latin American music, the folk singer was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow.
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National
Diwali Came Early This Year: Hindus Celebrate Kamala Harris Victory
The election of Kamala Harris as the first Indian-American vice president comes as Indians around the world celebrate Diwali — an annual festival commemorating the triumph of light over darkness.
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Arts & Life
What Is The End Of An Era? 'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Dies At 80
"I love spending time with bright people," said the longtime game show host. Trebek began hosting the trivia show in 1984 and continued for nearly four decades, even through bouts of chemotherapy.
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Television
Documentary On HBO Provides A Look Into The Miranda Family
A documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival features the life of Luis Miranda, father of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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World
The Meaning Behind Mooncakes
The Mid-Autumn Festival began Thursday in China and around the world. People celebrate the harvest moon by eating mooncakes and lighting lanterns. NPR discusses the symbolism behind the mooncake.
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Books
New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers
Kids don't often get to read stories about Latinos; statistics show the American publishing industry is overwhelmingly white. Several new groups of writers, editors and agents are out to change that.
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Movies
Chadwick Boseman, 'Black Panther' Star, Dies Of Cancer At 43
Actor Chadwick Boseman has died of cancer. He played James Brown, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall, but may have been best known for starring in Marvel's Black Panther.