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Fifty years ago this year the Oscar Mayer Bologna commercial first appeared on TV. We speak to an advertising professor about the staying power of this ad.

This is not your mom and pop's rhythm and blues. Artists pushed the boundaries, story lines and expectations of R&B more than ever in 2017.

to talk about a major sumo tournament this week in Tokyo.

NPR's Tonya Mosley talks with Kevin Glogower, a Louisville, Ky., attorney representing a grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case, about his client's request to release a recording of the proceedings.

MTV premiered R.E.M.'s first music video in the summer of 1981. On Nov. 24, the network will release REMTV,a six-DVD set that includes live performances, television interviews, and a new documentary.

Everyone's favorite underwriting game is back, only this time host Ophira Eisenberg throws great works of art, literature, and music into a blender of product placement.

Hip-hop and R&B acts dominate the field of nominees for this year's Grammy awards, announced Thursday. Beyonce, Jay-Z, OutKast and Pharrell Williams each earned six nominations. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and music writer Tom Moon.

In a video for the "post-country" band, a friendship is told in reverse, starting with a dead cat put on ice, and reminding us why people become important parts of our lives.

about the clash between the Japanese organizers and the International Olympic Committee over next year's Nagano Winter Games.

Let the sunshine in: After a decade of chilly trap beats and freaky club tales, the tide is turning on the genre's dominant sound.

Anti-smoking activists want to put an "R" rating on films that show actors smoking. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada is among those who want the Motion Picture Association of America to change its ratings system and recognize what he calls "gratuitous smoking." NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

Less than a year ago, Toys R Us fired more than 30,000 workers and closed all its stores. The owners are eyeing a relaunch despite obstacles. Workers who never received severance payments are furious.

British singer-songwriter James Hunter's classic R&B sound has earned him an endorsement from fellow troubadour Van Morrison, who calls Hunter one of the "best-kept secrets in British R&B and soul."

The positive exposure for artists from their songs appearing in film, television and advertisements has turned the job of music supervision into a power player in the music business.

The trial of singer R Kelly on charges of trafficking, abuse, and racketeering begins Monday. Kelly is accused of abusing women and girls in a pattern going back years.

Jeffrey Pierre is an editor and producer on the Education Desk, where helps the team manage workflows, coordinate member station coverage, social media and the NPR Ed newsletter. Before the Education Desk, he was a producer and director on Morning Edition and the Up First podcast.

Reid is Rocky Mountain bureau chief for The Washington Post. Previously he was the Post's London bureau chief, and their Tokyo bureau chief. He is also an NPR commentator. His new book is The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy.

OPEC+ announced a cut of 2 million barrels a day starting next month. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill want to retaliate by cutting off military aid and reexamine ties to Saudi Arabia.

The R&B singer recently unveiled new chapters in his Trapped in the Closet series, a hybrid of music video and soap opera whose narrative is powered by sexual secrets.