Clockwise from left: Wicked, Here, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, Piece by Piece and Blitz. Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Shanna Besson/Pathé, Searchlight Pictures and Apple TV+ hide caption
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Gather 'round — we have some fall reading recommendations for you. Above, children listen to a story in Central Park on Oct. 23, 2017. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Entitlement Penguin Random House hide caption
Portrait of OSGEMEOS. Filipe Berndt hide caption
TikToks by passengers on the Ultimate World Cruise — screenshot by NPR — capture the highs and lows of the nine-month journey, which ended last week. @drjennytravels/@anthonyantoine1021/@brooklyntravelstheworld hide caption
Sterlin Harjo on Wild Card Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Sterlin Harjo didn't see himself in the TV shows he watched – so he made one
Maisy Stella as Elliott in My Old Ass. Marni Grossman/Amazon MGM Studios hide caption
Harvey Weinstein (center) appears in criminal court in New York on Wednesday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Inductee JD Souther and Alison Krauss attend the Songwriters Hall of Fame 44th annual induction and awards gala on June 13, 2013, in New York. Souther, who collaborated on some of the Eagles' biggest hits, such as “Best of My Love," “James Dean,” "New Kid in Town," and “Heartache Tonight,” died Tuesday. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Connie Chung, shown here in 2023, says watching a bad interview is painful: "I want to throw my shoe at [the television] if somebody isn't asking the question ... that I would ask." Hachette Book Group hide caption
Connie Chung says booze and bawdy jokes helped her break into journalism's boys club
A customer browses titles at JF Books on September 17, 2024. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption
Popular Shanghai bookstore
Colorful Tupperware products are displayed at a selling party in California. Garrett Cheen/AP hide caption
The author on Surviving Bloomington. Ethan Gill/Surviving Bloomington hide caption
Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance. Christine Tamalet hide caption
Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country this month in honor of Helen Roper, the character from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. Above, three "founding Helens": Jen Lewis, left, Kerri Pepperman and Erin Morrison, at the Mrs. Roper Romp in Ypsilanti, Mich. Neda Ulaby/NPR hide caption
Colin Farrell in The Penguin. Macall Polay/HBO hide caption
New Orleans, Louisiana. Louis Armstrong. A girl twerking. Brunch. Getty Images hide caption
The New Orleans SMACKDOWN: Brunch vs. Twerking vs. Louis Armstrong
Edgar Barrera, the songwriter and producer who leads all nominees at the 25th annual Latin Grammy Awards, shown here attending an event celebrating producers, engineers, songwriters and composers at the Grammy museum on January 31, 2024. Leon Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
Helena Soholm holds up the five directional flags of Korean shamanism in Dronningmølle, Denmark. Arin Yoon hide caption
¡Casa Bonita, Mi Amor! follows Trey Parker and Matt Stone as they renovate a dilapidated, inauthentic, 1970s Mexican restaurant. The labor of love becomes a money-pit as they chase the landmark's former glory. Paramount hide caption
Jean Smart won the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series for her performance in Hacks. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Hosts Eugene Levy and Dan Levy speak during the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption