Month: February 2020

Rob Kutner offers a humorous list of Mafia-movie characters you’ll never hear from again, including Sal, Screeches, and Wesleydale (the Italian Guy) Von Stroppenheimer IX.

Morgan Givens shares with NPR’s Noel King that his nephew was the inspiration behind Flyest Fables — a podcast series telling fictional stories for children — but not limited to only them.

Barnes & Noble suspended its campaign to reissue classic books with covers depicting protagonists as people of color after many authors, including McKinney, criticized the initiative.

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Synopsis: A married couple goes through a bitter acting contest

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In a pair of party-line votes that capped off five months of investigation and testimony, President Trump became the third commander-in-chief acquitted in American history, although Senator Mitt Romney’s dissenting vote to convict denied him a purely partisan acquittal. What do you think?

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Like its main character Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Birds of Prey is frenetic and wildly uneven — but the bone-crunching fight scenes zip by so fast it never wears out its welcome.

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Ali Fitzgerald illustrates a comic about an open-mike night at the fictional Tickle Trunk, in the forest.

New Yorker writer Adam Entous says the U.S. could face further retaliation from Iran for the death of Qassem Soleimani: “If you look at their history, they take a long time before they strike back.”

In addition to solving a case each week, Tommy features ongoing story lines involving the police chief’s interactions with colleagues and family members. The scripts aren’t fantastic — but Falco is.

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