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Earth, Wind, & Fire was begged to cut the ‘Ba-dee-yah’ in ‘September.’ Here’s why they refused.

It would have broken a cardinal rule of their sound.

Tod Perry – 7/30/2026

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Gen Xers are rewatching ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ and it hits differently than they remembered

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Disney donates 18,000 ‘Toy Story 5’ toys and sets up screenings for youngsters in children’s hospitals

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A pro wrestler left the ring mid-match to stop security from manhandling a boy with Down syndrome

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Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025

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Legendary 2000s pop punk band fights the ticket monopoly with throwback ‘house party’ tour

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025

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Artist makes everyday spaces magical by cleverly adding pixelated, old-school pop-culture icons

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025

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High school teacher gives his students a pop quiz on 90s slang words and it was ‘on fleek’

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025

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The real-life love story of Maria and Georg Von Trapp we didn’t see in ‘The Sound of Music’

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 7/28/2026

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‘The Princess Diaries’ turns 25. It wouldn’t exist without Whitney Houston.

Emily Shiffer – 7/27/2026

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Tara Lipinski shares her ‘paranoid’ moments on ‘Traitors’ and spills on the cast group chat

Emily Shiffer – 7/27/2026

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Art historian explains why truly ‘reading’ Mark Rothko’s abstract paintings makes people cry

Kat Hong – 7/27/2026

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We asked people what social rule they’d enforce during flights. One sweet answer dominated.

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 7/26/2026

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