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Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad. Magnolia Pictures; Amazon Studios; A24; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Focus Features; Liz Parkinson/Netflix hide caption
Opening night at La Scala theater, in Milan Italy, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. The tradition of Italian opera singing is among the 55 cultural practices to be inscribed to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List this year. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
Tobin Bridge, which spans Boston to Chelsea, Mass. HBO hide caption
the Great Australian Cattle Drive, and Nicki Minaj Quinn Rooney/Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Nicki Minaj's bars, Barbz and beefs; plus, why 2023 was the year of the cowboy
In Poor Things, Emma Stone stars as Bella Baxter, a woman created as part of a back-from-the-dead mad science experiment. Atsushi Nishijima/Searchlight Pictures hide caption
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Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'
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Unhinged yet uplifting, 'Poor Things' is an un-family-friendly 'Barbie'
A page from Transitions: A Mother's Journey. Top Shelf Productions hide caption
Skiers participate in last year's "Santa Sunday" event at the Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine. Marina French/Sunday River hide caption
Unique ways Americans celebrate the holidays, from skiing Santas to Festivus feats
Emma Stone in Poor Things. Searchlight Pictures hide caption
The Game Awards founder and host Geoff Keighley alongside The Great Gonzo in an interstitial bit between rapid-fire awards. The Game Awards hide caption
CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Anselm offers both a thrilling portrait of Anselm Kiefer at work and, with the aid of terrific archival footage, lets us see what infuses his work with such intensity. Janus Films hide caption
Myha'la as Ruth and Mahershala Ali as G.H. in Leave The World Behind. Netflix hide caption
Picking a color palette is an important part of decorating for the holidays, says interior designer Elaine Griffin. So experiment with colors outside of the traditional red and green scheme. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
It's time for holiday decorations. How to create an iconic theme — and save money
The Wicker Man, from 1973, was directed by Robin Hardy. BFA/Alamy Stock Photo hide caption
'The Wicker Man' gets his AARP card today, as the folk horror classic turns 50
Lina Lyte Plioplyte is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Carrie Lynn Schreck/MSNBC Films hide caption
'Periodical' filmmaker wants to talk about PMS, menopause and the tampon tax
Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour in Nashville, Tenn. Swift is 'Time' magazine's Person of the Year. George Walker IV/AP hide caption