Neda Ulaby
Stories
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'Philadelphia,' 'Clueless,' 'The Karate Kid' added to the National Film Registry
Every year, the National Film Registry adds 25 films to its collection to be preserved for posterity. Selections for 2025 range from The Thing to White Christmas.
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The foods and flavors that could be 2026's newest trends
From pandan to fibermaxxing, a look at the food trends experts are predicting for 2026.
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Progress for women movie directors stalled in 2025
Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, the best year for women directors on record, only 15% of movie directors were women.
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It was a rough year for nightclubs
A number of promenant nightclubs and music venues closed across the country in 2025, part of an ongoing trend driven by high rents, decreasing alcohol consumption and monopolization.
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Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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Baking cookbooks boomed in 2025
Sales of baking cookbooks are up about 80% over the past year, according to research group Circana. And that's bucking a downward trend in cookbooks overall.
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Chop suey, a holiday classic for generations, is a dish of rich origins
Before its fall from grace, the Chinese-American dish chop suey was a holiday tradition for families who don't celebrate Christmas, even being immortalized in songs and film.
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Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned the 'Shopaholic' books, has died at 55
The author, whose real name was Madeleine Sophie Wickham, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer in late 2022.
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Jiffy corn muffin mix is a Thanksgiving staple made by a 137-year-old company
Jiffy corn muffins are an iconic pantry staple that's been a part of family dinners for 75 years. Thanksgiving is peak season for the company, which has been run by the same family for five generation
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A northern lights love poem
When the northern lights dramatically lit up skies across the country earlier this month, poet Silas House was among those of us dazzled from below.
