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If you are ready to depart from the well-trodden tried-and-true at bedtime, here are 10 new picture books that NPR critics and staff loved in 2024.

If you have a young reader in your life who just can’t put their books down, we have some new 2024 titles to consider. Nurture their new reading habit with books recommended by NPR staff and critics.

If only there were a device that could prevent me from having a social life.

A month before Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists in 10 categories.

The film “All We Imagine As Light” is an Indian film that has won rare international acclaim from Cannes and the Golden Globes. But at home in India the international buzz was ignored and it was passed over as India’s entry for the Oscars. Our correspondent in Mumbai, where the film was shot, explores why it is not receiving the same acclaim in India.

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John Powers celebrates the books, shows and performances that stayed with him, including Miranda July’s novel All Fours, Interior Chinatown on Netflix and an iconic Olympic moment with Simone Biles.

The Grammy Award-winning singer says working with a vocal coach “honestly changed my life.” Eilish and her brother/collaborator Finneas talk about their new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft.

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Movies are scored by Hans Zimmer. Films are scored by someone who has said, at least once, “I don’t feel challenged by Hans Zimmer’s work.”

Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. This year’s crop also includes Beverly Hills Cop, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more.

It’s the holiday season. The time of year when many of us go back home to see our families. But this year, a lot of people aren’t going home, and maybe haven’t been back in a long time. 27% of Americans are estranged from at least one family member, and the term “no contact” is increasingly being used to describe estrangement between adult children and their parents. But is estrangement happening more often, or are we just more open to talking about it? And is our culture around family shifting? Host Brittany Luse sits down with culture journalist Kui Mwai and Whitney Goodman, licensed marriage and family therapist and the host of the Calling Home podcast, to find out.