Month: December 2024

‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ added to National Film Registry : NPR

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Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, is among the latest crop. Library of Congress hide caption toggle caption Library of Congress It’s a most wonderful time of the year for classic film buffs and…

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Entertainment

Saga Launches Mainnet 2.0 to Transform Blockchain Economics, Partners with Uniswap

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[PRESS RELEASE – USA, USA, December 17th, 2024] Saga, the Layer 1 blockchain protocol to launch Layer 1s, today announced its Mainnet 2.0, setting the stage for a fundamental transformation in how the blockchain industry approaches liquidity. The growing number of independent blockchains has created unprecedented challenges for liquidity management and cross-chain operations. This major…

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One way to get more teens reading could be romance novels : NPR

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One way to get teens to read more might be to add a little romance. Members of a high school romance book club in Portland, Ore., explain why they love love stories. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Fewer teens are reading for fun these days than they were about a decade ago. That’s according to a federal…

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Education

Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, the first out gay active professional male tennis player, was just posting a selfie

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Saturday, December 7, Joao Lucas Reis da Silva, a 24-year-old professional tennis player, did about the most normal thing anyone does these days. He posted a couple selfie on Instagram. It was his partner’s birthday, so he posted a sweet carousel of them posing by the water in Rio de Janeiro. “I love you so…

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Sports

Women hit-makers brought aggression and vulnerability to pop music in 2024 : NPR

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The year in pop pivoted around a trio of artists — Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan — whose music hinged upon assertions of creative ambition and admissions of romantic weakness. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has been listening back to the pop music made in 2024 and…

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Here’s how to retire a millionaire, according to finance pros

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Goran Babic | E+ | Getty Images Building a $1 million nest egg may seem an impossible feat. However, amassing such retirement wealth is within reach for almost anyone — provided they take certain steps, financial advisors say. “You might think that, ‘Well, I have to become a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to become rich,’” said…

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6 Best Video Doorbell Cameras (2024): Smart, Battery, AI, Budget, and Subscription-Free

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Honorable Mentions Photograph: Simon Hill We have tested several other video doorbells. These are the ones that narrowly missed out on a place above. Doro Hemma Doorbell for £150: A simplified smart doorbell for seniors is a solid idea, and Swedish maker Doro gets plenty right with the Hemma. It is a battery-powered doorbell that’s…

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Technology

‘I can’t believe it came to this’: His Lions fandom is his identity. He almost lost it

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NORTHVILLE, Mich. — Fahad Yousif is two days removed from receiving something called a Certificate of Completion from the National Football League. It is dated Dec. 12. It is signed by Ari Novick, Ph.D., a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Laguna Beach, Calif. It is numbered “Cert #216932,” meaning 216,931 others presumably have received…

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Ilana Glazer is grateful for the limits of parenthood : NPR

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Ilana Glazer at Hulu’s “Hularious” stand-up comedy celebration. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images/Getty Images North America A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I met Ilana Glazer exactly 10 years ago. Ilana and their co-star Abbi Jacobson were riding high on the success from their hilarious…

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3 Market-Beating Tech Stocks to Supercharge Your Portfolio in 2025 and Beyond

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Technology has arguably been Wall Street’s hottest sector in 2024. Rapid growth in emerging industries, such as artificial intelligence (AI), has fueled a massive rally, making this year one of the best for technology stocks in recent memory. Now, it’s time to turn the page to 2025. After doing some homework, three Motley Fool contributors…

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