Month: November 2024

NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series “Dune: Prophecy.” The season premiere airs on Max on November 17.

Kotb’s last day will be Jan. 10. She announced in September she was leaving the program after 17 years to spend more time with her children.

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The music streamer’s AI DJ feature offers personalized playlists with a warm AI voice that gives context to song picks.

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In Price’s novel, a Harlem apartment building collapses, upending the lives of its residents, including a photographer, a funeral director and a 42-year-old man who feels he has little to live for.

Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.

Our alert system automatically blares a train horn if the vehicle ahead of you fails to speed off within 0.28 seconds of the traffic light turning green. That’ll keep traffic moving!

Become an A.I. operator. The work is dull, but you’ll make enough money for rations and to live in a pipe in Williamsburg with twenty other people.

With wars raging around the world and high tariffs looming, Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes says Trump’s agenda may be chaotic — but she remains optimistic about possible good elements.

The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.

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Emilia Pérez is Netflix’s new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives, posing as a distant relative. The movie stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez.

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