Composers (clockwise from upper left): Antonio Sanchez, Germaine Franco, Camilo Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Maria Grever, Gustavo Santaolalla and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Mike Gallegos for NPR hide caption
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Participants tip buckets of ice water over their heads as they take part in the World Record Ice Bucket Challenge at Etihad Stadium on Aug. 22, 2014, in Melbourne, Australia. Scott Barbour/Getty Images hide caption
Jacques Pépin, pictured in his home in Connecticut in August, has a new book called Art of the Chicken. Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
America's most famous French chef on the 'Art of the Chicken' and a life well lived
Ned Fulmer of The Try Guys — who was very much known as a "Wife Guy" — has publicly admitted to cheating on his wife. He is no longer a part of the show. The incident reminded NPR's Linda Holmes of the ways in which YouTube contains elements of early-2000s blog culture and journaling. Fulmer is shown above on May 5, 2019 in New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Shorty Awards hide caption
Raffiella Chapman as Vesper, a 13-year-old bio-hacker in Vesper. IFC Films hide caption
Trevor Noah announced Thursday that he'd be leaving The Daily Show after seven years. "My time is up," he said. "But in the most beautiful way." Noah is pictured above in Los Angeles in September 2021. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
Trevor Noah's 'Daily Show' departure hints at deeper problems in late night TV
'Mercury Rising' explores treacherous U.S. attempts to control space
Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Album cover for The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids. Ian Brennan hide caption
Raffiella Chapman stars as Vesper, a 13-year-old bio-hacker. Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption
A participant sings karaoke inside "TNT Traysikel," a mobile artwork by Paolo Asuncion and Michael Arcega, two students of Carlos Villa. The piece is part of the Villa retrospective at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR hide caption
How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others
Luke Macfarlane and Billy Eichner star in Bros. Universal Pictures hide caption
Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
Adrien Brody as The Playwright & Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. 2022 © Netflix hide caption
'Blonde' director says the unhappiness of Marilyn Monroe should come as no surprise
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