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You Won’t Believe Who Almost Directed “Alien”

Arts, Culture & Media

Ridley Scott got his big break directing the first “Alien” movie, in 1979. But Scott says he was the studio’s fifth choice. The director they asked before him? Robert Altman.

Green Bank Telescope

How to hunt for extraterrestrial intelligence

Technology
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Music heard on the air for May 13, 2014

Music Heard on Air
The World

Music heard on the air for May 13, 2014

Music Heard on Air
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In Hollywood, superheroes are still a boy’s club

Arts, Culture & Media
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In Hollywood, superheroes are still a boy’s club

Arts, Culture & Media

The Marvel superhero movies have been, mostly, big hits. But they’ve always focused on a male hero, despite numerous popular heroines. Even recent highly-successful adventure movies with leading ladies haven’t convinced studio executives to bet on female superhero movies.

Harry Dean Stanton: Singer, Actor, Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton has appeared in over 200 films, including “Cool Hand Luke,” “Alien,” “Wild at Heart,” “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “The Straight Story,” “The Green Mile,” and “The Avengers,” just to name a few. He’s also been close friends and romantic partners with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. And yet, […]

Duncan Jones and his film “Moon”

Arts, Culture & Media

The premise of the new movie “Moon” starring Sam Rockwell, involves mining the moon as the solution to our energy problems.

Florida’s Only Fraudulent Voter: A Canadian Citizen

Conflict & Justice

A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of falsely attesting to be a US citizen and illegally voting. He is the one and only person convicted in Florida. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Globe and Mail correspondent, Paul Koring.

US Citizens Caught in Immigration Crackdown

Since 2008, the Obama administration has deported over 1 million illegal immigrants, the highest number in six decades. However, this crackdown has not only affected illegal immigrants. A new investigation into the Secure Communities program finds that hundreds of American citizens have been detained because immigration officials thought they were illegal immigrants. Julia Preston is […]