Month: December 2022

New Yorker magazine critic Hilton Als has curated an exhibition on writer Joan Didion. It’s titled “What She Means” and is on display at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.

Bessie Mae Kelley is one of the earliest known women to hand-draw and direct animated films. This is the story of how her story was brought back to life nearly a century later.

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NPR catches up with Anitta, the most popular singer to come out of Brazil in years, who’s up for a Grammy for Best New Artist.

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Reindeer have begun to protest what they believe to be unlawful termination. Santa disagrees and insists that he doesn’t “need those weird little horses anymore.”

Roots cofounder Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson shares his favorite holiday music. Justin Chang pairs the 10 best movies of 2022, and picks No Bears as his favorite.

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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: The Blamo! podcast, Paris Is Burning, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Sleigh and Crash Landing on You.

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Two new films about men who find flexibility late in life, “Living” and “A Man Called Otto,” are remakes of acclaimed foreign films: Director Akira Kurosawa’s “Ikuru” and Sweden’s “A Man Called Ove.”

After many years of putting lights on a houseplant and calling it a holiday, we finally got a “real” Christmas tree.

ST. PAUL, MN—Counting down the days until the end of his work year, local Christmas tree lot guy Alan Martin told reporters Wednesday he was “so ready” for his annual 46-week vacation. “By the time late December rolls around, I’m usually pretty burnt out and just waiting for Christmas Day to get here so I can take…

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