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Robin Thicke, center, performs with Verdine White, left, and T.I. at The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! in Los Angeles in December. Thicke is nominated for Outstanding Male Artist at the NAACP Image Awards this year.

Should NAACP Image Awards Only Go To African-Americans?

The organization has unveiled its nominees for the 45th annual Image Awards, established to honor African-American performers who are often ignored by mainstream Hollywood. Some nominees are white, others of South-Asian or Latino heritage. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans wonders if that changes the meaning of the ceremony.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pilots a motorized hang glider while taking part in a project to help endangered cranes on Sept. 5. Shortly after, the president — who has cultivated the image of a man of action — was photographed wincing in apparent pain.

Putin, Russia's Man Of Action, Is Slowed By Injury

Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen wincing shortly after piloting a hang glider on national TV. The Kremlin is downplaying reports that he's suffering from back pain. The 60-year-old leader has cultivated a macho image by riding a horse bare-chested in Siberia and diving to an archaeological site in the Black Sea.

This Year's Creative Arts Emmy Awards Were Surrounded By Black Excellence

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to NPR TV critic Eric Deggans about the Creative Arts Emmy winners, which included a lot of diversity and three new additions to the illustrious EGOT group.

'Top Gear' Returns With New Hosts On BBC America

The massively popular BBC show, Top Gear, relaunches Monday on BBC America. Following the painfully public downfall of its former host, the new hosts have big gears to grind.

Why The Second Season Of 'GLOW' Is Better Than The First

Netflix's GLOW returns for its second season with a sharper narrative and more character development. The season, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are creating a show for a small, local TV station.

Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as Nessa Stein in the SundanceTV original series <em>The Honorable Woman</em>.

Maggie Gyllenhaal Is 'The Honorable Woman': A Series Both Ruthless And Rewarding

The eight-part drama that begins Thursday stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a British baroness with an Israeli passport. She's a fearless actor in a show full of kidnappings, seductions and betrayals.

Netflix boasts that it's the place to go for users to "watch instantly." But licensing fees and deals with other companies prevent it from streaming a good deal of its content online.

In Shift To Streaming, Netflix Customers Find Holes

Costly licensing fees and content deals with other companies limit Netflix's ability to offer all the movies and TV shows for streaming that its customers want. Experts say the company must find the balance of offering enough variety at the right price to keep up its popularity.

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D.C. Court Orders Row House Resident Not To Smoke

In Washington, D.C., neighbors complained that Edwin Gray's cigarette smoke came through a hole in the row house basement, according to WJLA TV. The precedent-setting court order is temporary.

Anti-ISIS Satire Lampoons Militant Group's Hypocrisy

Audie Cornish talks to professor Arwan Kraidy, who studies TV and social media in the Arab world, about the slapstick sketches and music videos that poke fun at ISIS in sometimes bizarre ways.

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