Arts & Life

Arts

Surviving teenage girlhood takes on a whole new meaning on 'Yellowjackets'

5:07pm December 26, 2021

Elissa Nadworny speaks with Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, creators of the new show about a girls soccer team whose plane crashes en route to a tournament - stranding the teens in the wilderness.

A page from the book The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley with photography by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt.

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Kids need to see themselves reflected in media. Here are some recommendations

5:06pm December 26, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

We asked children's media experts to recommend their favorite new books, TV shows and video games with characters and storylines representing the diversity of the U.S.

Three members of the K-pop superstar group BTS have been infected with the coronavirus, their Big Hit Entertainment agency said. Members of the group are seen here at a news conference to introduce their single "Butter," in May. They are, from left to rig

3 members of K-pop sensation BTS have tested positive for COVID-19

9:50am December 26, 2021

by The Associated Press

Nearly half of the seven-member band have now tested positive, after returning to South Korea from abroad earlier this month.

Family spending time together playing a game of stacking blocks while sitting on the carpet

Arts

The rule to making your own game is that there are no rules

12:03am December 26, 2021

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Creating your own game can lead to lots of laughs, but it can also help teach people how to bond, work together as a team and create some lasting memories, according to comedian Eric Cunningham.

Using poetry to understand grief during a very difficult year

5:06pm December 25, 2021

It's been a difficult year for many people. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with poet Danez Smith about using poetry to understand and process complex emotions like grief.

Arts

In 'Parallel Mothers,' Almodóvar hitches unruly passions to women and family

5:06pm December 25, 2021

by Bob Mondello

Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar takes a long, colorful look at motherhood in his melodrama Parallel Mothers, starring Penélope Cruz.

Bowen Yang attends the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. LIVE on September 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Arts

'Wait Wait' for Dec. 25th, 2021: A Stocking Full of Fun

11:59am December 25, 2021

Happy Holidays, one and all! Dig deep in that stocking, because we've wrapped up a collection of our favorite moments from this past year, just for you! And, no there's no gift receipt.

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Filmmaker John Waters puts his own spin on Christmas

1:02pm December 24, 2021

by Terry Gross

In 2004, Waters shared music from his album A John Waters Christmas, an anthology of catchy, entertaining and ridiculous holiday songs that reflect his fascination with the odd and unusual.

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In 'The Four Humors,' a woman delves into the past on a journey of self-discovery

6:00am December 24, 2021

by Martha Anne Toll

Turkish American writer Mina Seçkin's debut is an engrossing exploration of national identity, the meaning of family and loss, and what happens when a family hides its central secret.

Author Joan Didion poses for a portrait in her New York apartment on Sept. 26, 2005.

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Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87

6:12pm December 23, 2021

by Susan Stamberg

When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before.

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