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The live action movie Moana didn't make the big landing that it was expected in its opening weekend at the box office, but it did bring in $43,000,000 in North American theaters.

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NPR News: 07-13-2026 1AM EDT

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I'm talking about stories that make you miss appointments.

Ira Glass

NPR News: 07-12-2026 11PM EDT

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There's something about that that I thought, oh, this is good. Because it's — I always say — it's showing off in private.

Lauren Laverne

It started with a mix

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Bonnie Tyler had a penchant for songs that feel larger than life. Her musical signature, heartrending, over the top belting that pushed her gravelly voice to its limit.

Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

NPR News: 07-09-2026 11PM EDT

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The excess and anguish of her nineteen eighties collaborations with producer Jim Steinman came to define the maximalist pop rock of the decade.

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NPR News: 07-09-2026 11PM EDT

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At his funeral, when someone draped a black shroud over his coffin, one of his friends freaked out and started yelling, no black for Monet!

David Epstein

Why You Feel Overwhelmed All The Time (…

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Originality is just undetected plagiarism.

Chris Williamson

Why You Feel Overwhelmed All The Time (…

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I have total freedom to do whatever I want, and at my age, 84, I have no obligation to keep writing. This freedom is lethal.

David Epstein

Why You Feel Overwhelmed All The Time (…

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What Robert Frost was actually doing was sort of criticizing Edward Thomas, his walking partner, who would, when they would come to two roads that looked the same, would agonize over which one to take. And then no matter which one they take, when they were done, he would say, we should have taken the other one.

David Epstein

Why You Feel Overwhelmed All The Time (…

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