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The Relation Between High Art and Pop Culture.

Film critic John Powers reviews "Love & Death on Long Island."

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 13, 1998: Interview with Eric Clapton; Interview with Jeff Bridges; Review of the film "Love & Death on Long Island."
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From the Archives: Eric Clapton Discusses His Early Career.

Rock guitarist Eric Clapton. He's considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, guitar player in rock history. Clapton started out playing blues with the Yardbirds (For Your Love) in the early 60s, then played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers before forming Cream, one of the 60s most influential bands (Crossroads, White Room). He has a new album, "Pilgrim" (Duck/Reprise Records) (REBROADCAST from 12/7/89)

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Remembering Lloyd Bridges.

Actor Jeff Bridges, son of actor Lloyd Bridges, star of the TV series "Sea Hunt." Lloyd Bridges died this week. Jeff is starring in the new Coen Brothers film, "The Big Lebowski." He also starred in "Winter Kills," "Cutter's Way," "Starman," "The Last Picture Show," "Jagged Edge," "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," "The Fabulous Baker Boys," "The Fisher King," and "American Heart." (Rebroadcast of 5/17/93)

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Ewan McGregor: From Obi-Wan To 'Ghost Writer.'

Ewan McGregor has played a heroin addict in Trainspotting, a young Obi-Wan Kenobi in three Star Wars films, and a poet in Moulin Rouge. In his latest film, Roman Polanski's Ghost Writer, McGregor plays an unnamed writer uncovering a political scandal. He recounts his favorite acting roles — and how he prepared for them.

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Colin Firth: By Anyone's Measure, A Leading Man.

Yesterday Colin Firth received a Best Actor nomination for his starring role in A Single Man, the Tom Ford adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel. Today Firth talks to Terry Gross about playing professor George Falconer, a gay professor navigating Southern California in 1962.

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Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

Alexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. Growing up in Warhol's orbit meant Auder's childhood was an unusual one. For several years, Viva, Auder and Auder's younger half-sister, Gaby Hoffmann, lived in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. It was was famous for having been home to Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Virgil Thomson, and Bob Dylan, among others.

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In the series Jury Duty, a solar contractor named Ronald Gladden has agreed to participate in what he believes is a documentary about the experience of being a juror--but what Ronald doesn't know is that the whole thing is fake.

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