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Vice President Biden chats with his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao before heading to their luncheon at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday.

For Biden, All The World's A Stage For Possible 2016 Run

The Asia trip is generating the kind of video and headlines that could prove useful if the vice president decides to run for president in 2016.

Nelson Mandela with South African President F.W. de Klerk in May 1990. Mandela died Thursday at 95.

World Reflects On The Life Of Nelson Mandela

The icon who became South Africa's first black president died after a prolonged lung infection.

South Africa's Nelson Mandela was one of the few figures who managed to make the transition from liberation leader to successful politician and president.

Mandela: A Rare Success As Liberation Leader And President

The transition from one role to the other is difficult, and many have failed making the attempt. Nelson Mandela was a rare example who succeeded in both jobs. In addition, he willingly stepped down after one term in office, setting an example for a young democracy.

In <em>S#x Acts, </em>Gili (Sivan Levy) transfers to a new school and takes up with more than one of her fellow students, and the lines of consent and blame begin to get blurred<em>.</em>

Among Israeli Teens, Complicated Questions Of Consent

The Israeli drama S#x Acts digs deep into issues of sex and consent when a teenage girl, looking for the approval and acceptance of her peers, entertains the attentions of various boys. (Recommended)

Folk singer Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac, left) is barely surviving the 1961 winter in New York, living off the proceeds of his occasional gigs — and the kindness of friends like Jim (Justin Timberlake).

A Spinner Of Sad Songs, Struggling To Sing Past The Gloom

Inside Llewyn Davis, The latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen, focuses on a self-destructive folk singer just scraping by in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake and John Goodman star. (Recommended)

The massive marketing campaign for <em>Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues</em> has gone way beyond trailers and commercials. Some critics say the journalists are embarrassing themselves — and some say the character has become tiresomely ubiquitous.

The 'Anchorman' Legend Continues, And It's Everywhere

The upcoming sequel to the 2004 film has been running a veritable marketing blitz between viral videos, car commercials and even an in-character appearance by star Will Ferrell on a local newscast.

Obama: World Lost A Profoundly Good Man In Nelson Mandela's Death

President Obama addressed the nation Thursday after news that former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela died, saying the world lost an influential, courageous and "profoundly good" man.

<em>Black Nativity </em>is an adaptation of Langston Hughes' play of the same name.

How 'Black Nativity' Made Its Way To The Big Screen

The film is one of several fall and winter offerings from Fox Searchlight — including 12 Years a Slave, Black Nativity and Baggage Claim — featuring African-American casts and themes.

Visit <a href="http://mandelahistory.org/">Mandela: An Audio History</a> for more on this series.

Nelson Mandela: An Audio History

A Radio Diaries documentary offers a window into South Africa's half-century-long struggle for democracy through rare sound recordings of freedom fighter Nelson Mandela — and those who fought with and against him.

To test a theory that the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer used lenses, mirrors and other tools to create his masterpieces, inventor Tim Jenison sets out to re-create the method — and the paintings — in the dazzling documentary <em>Tim's Vermeer</em>.

Behind Great Art, The Artist's Painstaking Process

NPR's Bob Mondello looks at two documentaries — Six by Sondheim and Tim's Vermeer — that delve deep into the creation of art, whether it's a sprawl of Broadway songs or a 17th-century oil painting.

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