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Saturday Night Live is marking its 50th year with a weeklong celebration, including a blockbuster homecoming concert and a three-hour primetime special. Above, <em>SNL</em> cast members pose on the show's set in September 1992. Front row, from left: Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. Middle row, from left: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. Back row, from left: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows.

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  • Television

4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.

February 13, 2025
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  • Eric Deggans
Southern rap duo OutKast, consisting of André 3000 and Big Boi, is among the 14 artists being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 class.

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  • Music

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 shortlist includes OutKast, Maná, Phish and Billy Idol

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

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  • Arts & Life

New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
An infrared image of Portrait of Mateu Fernández de Soto, revealing another portrait underneath.

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  • World

A hidden Picasso painting from the early Blue Period is revealed by new technology

Experts analyzing the painting have several theories about why this unidentified woman has remained submerged for more than a century.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Cocoa prices have surged over the past several years, recently reaching record levels and driving up the cost of chocolate.

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  • Business

Chocolate lovers feel the price pinch this Valentine's Day

Another cocoa harvest in West Africa has come up short, leading to the worst deficit in decades. That means higher prices for chocolate makers and for shoppers.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Cartoonist Charles Schulz poses with a sketch of Snoopy in his office in Santa Rosa, Calif. Schulz, who died shortly after his retirement in 2000, would have turned 100 on Nov. 26.

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  • Arts & Life

The creator of 'Peanuts' died 25 years ago. His creation remains popular

It's been 25 years since Peanuts creator Charles Schulz died. He drew Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends for 50 years before his death, and they still remain very popular.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Obed Manuel and
  • Barry Gordemer
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs <em>Sacred Songs</em>, choreographed by interim artistic director Matthew Rushing based on material featured in the original 1960 version of the company's <em>Revelations</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

Lost songs from Alvin Ailey's 'Revelations' find voice in new piece

Alvin Ailey's seminal Revelations is considered the most widely viewed modern dance work in the world. Lost songs from the 1960 premiere are featured in a new work and an album this season.

February 12, 2025
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  • Olivia Hampton
Several brands of canned tuna have been recalled for faulty packaging.

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  • National

Canned tuna sold at Costco, Trader Joe's recalled over botulism risk

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

February 11, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger speaks at the PBS's Executive Session at the 2017 Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. PBS is closing its DEI office following executive orders from President Donald Trump aimed at rolling back workplace DEI efforts.

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  • Arts & Life

PBS shutters DEI office

The public broadcaster says it is closing its Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office to comply with a recent executive order from President Donald Trump.

February 11, 2025
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  • Chloe Veltman
The New Harmony Project's PlayFest Indy reading of <em>Wet</em> by Aurora Real de Asua in September, 2024. The New Harmony Project has received multiple NEA grants over the years.<br><br> <br>

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  • Arts & Life

'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency

The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
At Life Kit, we've heard a lot of relationship advice over the years. These seven pieces of advice from sex and relationship therapists stuck with us.

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  • Mental Health

9 pieces of advice to help you navigate the ups and downs of romance

Sex and relationship experts share wise words of wisdom on love's thorniest topics, including what to do if a partner cheats and how to talk to your partner about your sex life.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
Bill Gates at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2025.

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  • News

Bill Gates reflects on his youth, beginnings of Microsoft, in new memoir

In his new memoir, "Source Code," billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates opens up about his adolescence and early adult life.

February 10, 2025
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  • Noah Caldwell,
  • John Ketchum,
  • and 1 more
The musician and documentary filmmaker Questlove says that music Sly Stone created in the 1960s and 1970s laid the foundation for the pop, R&B and funk sounds we hear today.

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  • Movie Interviews

Questlove confronts the 'burden of Black genius' in a new Sly Stone documentary

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first domino in a long list of people that will self-sabotage."

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Roses are seen on display at the Bagala Bros flower stand at Sydney Markets in Sydney, Australia, ahead of Valentine's Day 2022.

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  • Arts & Life

What was your worst Valentine's Day gift fail? NPR wants to hear all about it 

Here's your chance to tell us about grand romantic gestures on Valentine's Day that fell flat.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Barry Gordemer
Salman Rushdie presented his book Knife at El Ateneo Library, in Madrid, Spain on May 20, 2024.

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  • National

Salman Rushdie wrote about his attempted murder. Now he will face his attacker in court

Hadi Matar, who is on trial for the knife attack against the British author, has also been accused of supporting terrorism and attempting to carry out a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination.

February 10, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
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