Olivia Hampton

Jon Batiste is a musical multihyphenate. The Emmy- and Oscar-winning bandleader, songwriter and TV personality began as a classical piano student in Louisiana. He went on to get jazz degrees at The Juilliard School.

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Jon Batiste shares a conversation with Mozart and Thelonious Monk in new albums

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Pianist Jon Batiste has been busy. He's offering three new albums at once: one tribute to Mozart and two tributes to Thelonious Monk.

David Hogg speaks onstage during the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 at BMCC Tribeca PAC on September 17, 2024, in New York City.

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Progressive youth leader David Hogg calls for change in 'geriatric' Democratic Party

Michel Martin, Olivia Hampton

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland High School shooting who co-founded the progressive youth group Leaders We Deserve, is calling for radical change in the "geriatric" Democratic Party.

Olivier Widmaier Picasso, left, stands in front of his grandfather Pablo Picasso's 1941 painting Tête de Femme, which is up for grabs as part of a raffle benefiting an Alzheimer's research charity organized by Péri Cochin, right.

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A Pablo Picasso painting is offered for 100 euros in charity raffle

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The painting is worth more than a million euros ($1.2 million). Proceeds from the sale will benefit France's leading financial supporter of Alzheimer's research.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, right, was arrested by the Iranian authorities in late January for denouncing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as being primarily responsible for the mass killing of Iranian protesters. He is a co-writer of It Was Just An Accident, a film by Jafar Panahi, left.

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Oscar-nominated director calls Iran a 'failed state' after his co-writer's arrest

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The Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested after condemning the regime's crackdown on protesters, which director Jafar Panahi says represents the actions of a "failed state."

Shyamalan, left, and Sparks, right, almost collaborated in the late 1990s on adapting Sparks' The Notebook. Nearly three decades later, they've joined forces for the first time on the book and film project Remain.

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M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks join forces on 'Remain' novel and film

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Shyamalan wrapped filming on Remain earlier this year, using various locations in Rhode Island as a stand-in for Cape Cod

When she was 25, violinist Esther Abrami realized that none of the hundreds of pieces she had played were composed by women. The results of her journey to change that are on her new album, Women

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Violinist Esther Abrami Uncovers 'Hidden Treasure' of Music by Women

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The first time Esther Abrami saw a violin, she was just 3 years old. Little did she know at the time, it would be the start of a lifelong love affair.The…

The "textured fringe" haircut is very trendy among young men these days.

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The 'alpaca' haircut teenage boys and young men are obsessed with — explained

Obed Manuel, Olivia Hampton, Ally Schweitzer

Morning Edition spoke to a couple of barbers about the trendy haircut with shaved sides and signature high-volume curly top that many young men are donning these days. Here's what we learned about it.