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Kieran Culkin is having fun with 'Succession' — and he hopes you are too

2:01pm December 27, 2021

by Terry Gross

Culkin plays one of three siblings vying for control of a media empire. The character, he says, "doesn't really know what [it] means to suffer consequences." Originally broadcast Dec. 6, 2021.

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Grid of the images from six of the top ten Life Kit stories from 2021

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Life Kit's most-read stories of 2021

1:43pm December 27, 2021

by Clare Marie Schneider

These Life Kit stories about burnout, distraction and making connections resonated with readers, topping the charts as our most popular stories of 2021.

One of many bookshelves in the home of Marie-Pascale Traylor, the artist and former preschool teacher behind the "My Old Books" Instagram account and Etsy shop. She collects vintage children's books and helps people reconnect with their long-lost favorite

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Still looking for that picture book you loved as a kid? Try asking Instagram

12:34pm December 27, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Some people spend years or longer trying to track down favorite books from childhood. An Instagram account called My Old Books uses crowdsourcing to make the connection.

Molly (Yvonne Orji) and Issa's bantering and bickering has been a welcome addition to the canon of great Black onscreen friendships.

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The romantic drama has never been what makes 'Insecure' so good

10:10am December 27, 2021

by Aisha Harris

In the series finale, we finally get an answer to the "will they, won't they" question that's been surrounding Issa and Lawrence since Season 1—but that won't define the show's legacy.

Three Cones, 1964, Art © Wayne Thiebaud / Licensed by VAGA, New York, N.Y.

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Wayne Thiebaud, known for his colorful depictions of everyday life, dies at age 101

5:48pm December 26, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

The artist explored everything from pastries to cityscapes in his work. Paintings, he once told NPR, can be "powerful statements about the sort of astounding capacity of the human mind."

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Surviving teenage girlhood takes on a whole new meaning on 'Yellowjackets'

5:07pm December 26, 2021

Elissa Nadworny speaks with Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, creators of the new show about a girls soccer team whose plane crashes en route to a tournament - stranding the teens in the wilderness.

A page from the book The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley with photography by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt.

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Kids need to see themselves reflected in media. Here are some recommendations

5:06pm December 26, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

We asked children's media experts to recommend their favorite new books, TV shows and video games with characters and storylines representing the diversity of the U.S.

A team of nurses, patient care technicians and a respiratory therapist prepare to return a COVID patient to their back after 24 hours of lying on their stomach. That posture makes it easier to breathe and is a critical part of treatment for COVID patients

Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse

2:28pm December 26, 2021

by Victoria Hansen

Alan Hawes hopes his photos of health care workers and COVID patients will show the toll of this pandemic — and persuade the unvaccinated to get their COVID shots.

Three members of the K-pop superstar group BTS have been infected with the coronavirus, their Big Hit Entertainment agency said. Members of the group are seen here at a news conference to introduce their single "Butter," in May. They are, from left to rig

3 members of K-pop sensation BTS have tested positive for COVID-19

9:50am December 26, 2021

by The Associated Press

Nearly half of the seven-member band have now tested positive, after returning to South Korea from abroad earlier this month.

Family spending time together playing a game of stacking blocks while sitting on the carpet

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The rule to making your own game is that there are no rules

12:03am December 26, 2021

by Tanya Ballard Brown

Creating your own game can lead to lots of laughs, but it can also help teach people how to bond, work together as a team and create some lasting memories, according to comedian Eric Cunningham.