According to the Twitch 2024 community recap, viewers watched 20.35 billion hours on the live-streaming service. A forthcoming book explains why.
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Author: Dhanika Pineda
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience’s attention.[1]
The arts represent an outlet of expression that is usually influenced by culture and which in turn helps to change culture. As such, the arts are a physical manifestation of the internal creative impulse.
According to the Twitch 2024 community recap, viewers watched 20.35 billion hours on the live-streaming service. A forthcoming book explains why.
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Author: Dhanika Pineda
The findings of an annual report on how abortion is depicted on TV are released today.
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Author: Elizabeth Blair
Whether you’re young or young at heart, we have book ideas for you. This year’s YA collection, gathered by NPR book critics and staff, includes romance, historical fiction, poetry, fantasy and more.
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Author: Dhanika Pineda
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.
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Author: Beth Novey
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.
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Author: Dhanika Pineda
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Author: Lawrence Lindell
A month before Oscar nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlists in 10 categories.
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Author: Mandalit del Barco
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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Author: Diaa Hadid
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.
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Author: John Powers
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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Author: Terry Gross