Month: December 2021

In the series finale, we finally get an answer to the “will they, won’t they” question that’s been surrounding Issa and Lawrence since Season 1—but that won’t define the show’s legacy.

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The artist explored everything from pastries to cityscapes in his work. Paintings, he once told NPR, can be “powerful statements about the sort of astounding capacity of the human mind.”

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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Cruz says just reading the script for Parallel Mothers left her in tears. Justin Chang picks the best 11 films of 2021. Cumming’s new memoir centers on love, sexuality, career and mental health.

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