Month: October 2025

Smoking a cig takes twenty minutes off your life. But thinking about Rudy Giuliani’s downfall might add some time back.

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.

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As Halloween approaches slasher movies draw their biggest audiences as All Things Considered host Andrew Limbong talks with NPR’s Brianna Scott and Ryan Benk about what keeps the genre alive and why it still fascinates audiences.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Dan Dabrowski of Alexandria, Virginia, along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Diane Keaton, who remained one of Hollywood’s quirkiest and most beloved actors decades after her Academy Award-winning performance in the movie Annie Hall, has died aged 79.

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The actor, known for her quirky, vibrant manner and depth was 79. Across her decades-long career, she worked with prominent filmmakers including Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen and Nancy Meyers.

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The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America’s beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.

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This week, Wait Wait is live in Honolulu with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest Taimane and panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Paula Poundstone

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National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

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Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.

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