Neda Ulaby
Stories
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Arts & Life
'Dirty Dancing,' 'Wrath of Khan' added to the National Film Registry
Every year, the National Film Registry picks 25 movies to be preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress. This year's crop also includes Beverly Hills Cop, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and more.
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Movies
It wasn't easy being green for the actress who originally played the Wicked Witch
Long before the new movie "Wicked" made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz. But it was not easy being green. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 28, 2024.)
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Movies
It wasn't easy being green for the actress who originally played the Wicked Witch
Long before the new movie Wicked made a sympathetic character of the Wicked Witch of the West, she was played by actress Margaret Hamilton in the classic film, The Wizard of Oz.
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Food
A viral chocolate bar from Dubai is here to stay
Dubai chocolate bars are kind of like KitKats, but stuffed with pistachio nuts and aromatic pistachio nougat. Foodies used to have to order the confections from Dubai — now they are everywhere.
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Arts & Life
He's been nominated 32 times for CMA Musician of the Year -- but never won
Steel pedal guitarist Paul Franklin set a CMA record as a 32-time nominee for Musician of the Year. Will this year be different?
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Filmmaker and Warhol collaborator Paul Morrissey has died
Filmmaker Paul Morrissey, best known for his avant-garde collaborations with Andy Warhol, died this week in New York at age 86. The pair made low-budget, provocative films in the 1960s and '70s.
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Arts & Life
Young women are challenging the stigma of sex and love addiction support groups
On social media, young women are increasingly open about attending 12-step sex and love addiction programs. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous reports 1,200 meetings in more than 50 countries.
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'Young Frankenstein' and 'Close Encounters' star Teri Garr has died
Teri Garr has died. The actress was in many top movies and TV shows of the 197's and '80s, including Young Frankenstein and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In 2002, she disclosed she had MS.
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History
Smithsonian's new series is tied to 50th anniversary of Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Fifty years ago women couldn't apply for a loan or a credit card without their husband or a male relative to co-sign. NPR looks at the law that changed women's financial power -- five decades later.
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World
One of Ukraine’s most celebrated poets is currently touring the U.S.
Marianna Kiyanovska lives in Ukraine, but she’s reading her poetry at more than a dozen U.S. universities in October. Her latest poetry collection is called The Voices of Babyn Yar.
