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Diahann Carroll talks race and makeup while filming "Julia"
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Carroll tells the story of an early makeup session for the TV show “Julia.”
Alicia Keys doesn’t mind being compared to Lena Horne
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The musician talks about why she admires Horne so much.
"Little House" TV stars Alison Arngrim and Dean Butler
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Arngrim and Butler talk about how the show had fans in Ronald Reagan and the Ayatollah.
Lena Waithe on why Cicely Tyson's hair was revolutionary
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Waithe describes how Tyson's natural hair was an inspiration to many others.
The secret mother-daughter collaboration on “Little House”
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Recent scholarship has shed light on this secret collaboration.
Until she was an author, money was a struggle for Wilder
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Until she became a best-selling author, making ends meet was a struggle.
The word that Laura refused to say in her wedding vows
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Laura Ingalls' courtship with Almanzo Wilder led to a unique wedding ceremony.
Disaster was looming when the Ingalls moved to Minnesota
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Disaster struck with the arrival of the Rocky Mountain locust invasion of 1875.
How the logs of the "Little House" cabin were stolen
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How the logs that Charles Ingalls used for the little house belonged to Osage Indians.
The time Twyla Tharp setup a performance in Central Park
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Archival footage shows one of Twyla Tharp's dances in Central Park amongst the public.
How does Twyla Tharp create new dances?
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Twyla Tharp's creative process is very physical.
The time Twyla Tharp pushed David Byrne to his limits
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In 1981, Twyla Tharp commissioned David Byrne of the Talking Heads to write music for her.
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