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The Golden Globes go on, but won't be televised

5:09pm January 09, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

The Golden Globes take place in Beverly Hills Sunday. But there will be big changes: limits on the audience size, nominees are not expected to attend — and the ceremony won't even be televised.

Illustration of a sundial being tossed about on a stormy sea against a purple sky. In the shadow of the sundial is the silhouette of a person.

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22 tips for 2022: If you want to succeed, choose your failures — in advance

6:00am January 09, 2022

by Andee Tagle

If you feel like you're always running behind on your task list and can never quite get enough done, it's probably because you've got too much to do. Try strategic underachievement.

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Shoba Narayan, the first South Asian actress to play Aladdin's Princess Jasmine, took on the role in 2021.

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Shoba Narayan's fight for South Asian representation began long before Jasmine

5:00am January 09, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Cast as Aladdin's first South Asian Princess Jasmine in 2021, Shoba Narayan has been committed to bringing her cultural background to the character and the show.

Marilyn Bergman (L) with her husband and partner in lyric-writing, Alan Bergman (R)

Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died at 93

5:05pm January 08, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Alongside her husband, Alan, she won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song for "The Windmills of Your Mind" and "The Way We Were."

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She left the stage years ago. Then 'Wicked' needed an understudy

10:53am January 08, 2022

by Scott Simon

Scott Simon talks with Carla Stickler, a former understudy for the Broadway smash "Wicked." She was called back to perform on short notice after much of the current cast succumbed to COVID-19.

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Warren "Woody" Hoburg undergoes training.

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'Wait Wait' for Jan. 8, 2022: With Not My Job guest astronaut Woody Hoburg

9:13am January 08, 2022

Woody Hoburg is one of NASA's newest astronauts, and in contention to be part of the team that goes back to the moon. So, we've invited him on to answer three questions about Dancing with the Stars.

Everybody in the Red Brick Building, written by Anne Wynter and illustrated by Oge Mora

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WaaaAAH! Rraak! 'Everybody in the Red Brick Building' is awake!

8:47am January 08, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Baby Izzie howls, Rayhan's parrot screeches, Benny and his friends play flashlight tag, and Natalia launches her rocket in the new children's book by author Anne Wynter and illustrator Oge Mora.

Top global TikToks of 2021: Defiant Afghan singer, Kenya comic, walnut-cracking elbow

7:13am January 08, 2022

What did the world watch on TikTok last year? We round up some favorite videos — including a mukbang ASMR Thai star (don't worry, we explain it) and a potato chip-crunching Kenyan comedian.

Illustration of a person sitting on an elevated platform jealously looking on as two people hug on an elevated platform across and open space. The three people are surrounded by stars.

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22 tips for 2022: Jealous? Compersion can help tame the green-eyed monster

6:00am January 08, 2022

Jealousy in romantic relationships is completely normal — but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with. Next time your inner jealousy monster needs taming, try summoning some compersion.

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Sidney Poitier won his first Oscar in 1964 for his role as Homer, the reluctant handyman in Lilies of the Field.

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Sir, we loved you: Sidney Poitier dies at 94

5:35pm January 07, 2022

by Walter Ray Watson

Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.

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