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Author: Dennard Dayle
The long-awaited sequel to ‘Avatar’ is more than 3 hours long
Avatar: The Way of Water is poised to become one of the year’s biggest film releases. It’s the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster Avatar, which is the highest grossing Hollywood film in history.
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Author: Rob Schmitz
What would Fido say about you? This community poem takes pets’ point of view

We asked Morning Edition listeners to share what their pets might be thinking about. Then NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander combed through more than 700 submissions to create a community poem.
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Author: Rachel Martin
Short on cash? No problem. ‘Buy now, pay later’ is the hottest holiday trend

People are paying for blenders, shirts and even groceries in installments. New research suggests this encourages people to overspend.
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Author: Alina Selyukh
Gotta wear ’em all: How Gucci ended up in Pokémon GO

Pokémon fashion has come a long way. The gaming empire now collaborates with luxury brands in clothes you can wear inside and outside of the virtual world.
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Author: Jamal Michel
Pioneering writer Octavia Butler on writing Black people and women into sci-fi
Butler’s 1979 book, Kindred, is now a series for FX on Hulu. In 1993, the pioneering author, who died in 2006, told Fresh Air she made up her own stories so that she could see herself in them.
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Author: Terry Gross
Remembering Marijane Meaker, a pioneer of lesbian pulp fiction
Meaker wrote Spring Fire in 1952, and was surprised when it sold 1.5 million copies. She went on to write other lesbian-themed books under pen names. She died Nov. 21. Originally broadcast 2003.
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Author: Terry Gross
Critic David Bianculli rounds up the best TV moments of 2022
There was a lot of great television this year, but the winning moment came from HBO’s special, The Howard Stern Interview: Bruce Springsteen, an extended two-plus hour conversation between two icons.
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Author: David Bianculli
Conspiracy Moms: The Secret of the “Eyes Wide Shut” Holiday Party
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Author: Sam Marlow
What To Know About ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’

Avatar: The Way Of Water—the sequel to 2009’s Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time—debuts in U.S. theaters on Thursday. The Onion tells you everything you need to know about Avatar: The Way Of Water.
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