Arts

An award-winning chef offers a taste of Greenland's history and culture through food

5:04pm February 26, 2025

by Matt Ozug

Chef Inunnguaq Hegelund is working to preserve Greenland's Indigenous food traditions by giving importance to ingredients and how they are sourced. He calls this new Arctic cuisine.

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'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones

2:37pm February 26, 2025

Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book.

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Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, of 'Harriet the Spy' and 'Gossip Girl' dies at 39

2:25pm February 26, 2025

The actress was found dead in an apartment in Manhattan on Wednesday, police said.

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Duolingo's owl mascot is alive after all. What did it gain from faking his death?

2:06pm February 26, 2025

Duolingo's mascot faked his death to get users to do their daily lessons, and attention from pop star Dua Lipa. Here's how he masterminded it — and why one expert sees the campaign as a success.

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Here are our favorite actors who've never been nominated for an Oscar

1:00pm February 26, 2025

If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for Oscar nominations. Here's why.

The 2025 Oscars' best original song nominees, cruelly ranked

10:38am February 26, 2025

This year's race — which includes beloved stars, up-and-coming talents and a pair of songs from a successful but controversial musical — feels wide open. That doesn't mean all the songs are equally worthy.

Igmar Thomas' Revive Big Band: Tiny Desk Concert

5:00am February 26, 2025

Horns herald the arrival of the hip-hop-inspired big band at the Tiny Desk.

How 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive 'brute'

5:00am February 26, 2025

Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The film has a total of six nominations, including for best picture.

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Alexander Vindman says Trump's appeasement of Russia won't end Ukraine war

6:38pm February 25, 2025

by Alejandra Marquez Janse

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Lt. Colonel and former Trump staffer Alexander Vindman on Russia, Ukraine and his new book.

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Kansas man wants the state to legalize raccoons as pets

6:15pm February 25, 2025

A Kansas resident is pressing state lawmakers to legalize raccoons as pets. He says they're smarter and friendlier than people give them credit for.

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