Month: December 2024

From a heart-wrenching epiphany in the drama Tuesday to a meme-able moment in Challengers, these were the lines that critic Aisha Harris has remembered all year.

I’m not dead, but a lot of people can’t stand me. What I mean is, they want to knock me off. My days are numbered.

In a legal complaint, the actor says co-star Justin Baldoni and his team launched a smear campaign as a way to silence Lively’s narrative about his and a producer’s alleged repeated sexual harassment.

(Image credit: Scott Garfitt)

More women are posting online about why they quit the “tradwife” lifestyle to instead build a community of working moms on social media. (Story originally aired on Morning Edition on Dec. 19, 2024.)

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Ryan Destiny, who stars as two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa “T-Rex” Shields in the new movie “A Fire Inside.”

NPR’s series “Throw It Back” explores how the objects we love as kids shape how we see and live in the world as adults. It continues with the story of the Rev. Gregory Holston and his stuffed monkey.

Pop Culture Happy Hour host Glen Weldon joins NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe to share a few of his favorite under-the-radar films from this year, including “National Anthem” and “Good One.”

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Heather Reed of Eureka Springs, Ark., and puzzle master Will Shortz.