Tag: fun

Watching a huge ball descend down a pole in Times Square has been a beloved New Year’s Eve tradition for over a century. Here’s how the spectacle started and what’s changed over the years.

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Set in Victorian times, Poor Things was a departure from Ruffalo’s prior work in movies like Zodiac and Spotlight, and his Marvel role as the Incredible Hulk. Originally broadcast Feb. 13, 2024.

As a new year arrives, it’s only natural to have some goals in mind: What you want to achieve, what heights you want to hit. Today, we make pop culture resolutions for 2025, and look back on last year’s goals and assess our progress with brutal honesty.

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Every year, more and more Americans embark on Dry January – a whole month of giving up alcohol.

It’s easy to imagine the benefits: no hangovers, better sleep, happier wallet. But like with any resolution for the new year, staying committed can be hard.

Today, we’re bringing you an episode from our friends at the “Life Kit” podcast that’s all about how to get through Dry January – and reexamine your relationship with alcohol.

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On this week’s “My Unsung Hero” from Hidden Brain, Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.

The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1993, ’95, ’96 and ’98 about growing up on a Georgia farm, entering politics and his advocacy for human rights and peace. Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100.

From Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special to A Man on the Inside, movies and TV found new ways to address death and dying.

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Throughout his lifetime, Jimmy Carter took on many titles: 39th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize winner, philanthropist, humanitarian, artist – and writer.

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Glaser made headlines for her roast of Tom Brady. “All I want is people to like me,” she says of her comedy. Glaser’s latest HBO special is Someday You’ll Die. Originally broadcast July 29, 2024.

Nobody can predict what the future holds, but that doesn’t stop us from trying. Trying, that is, to predict what will happen in the world of pop culture in 2025. We do it every year, so we’ll look back on our predictions for 2024 and see how things turned out.

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