Month: January 2022

Carrie Bradshaw is still the stylish woman we know and love, but this time with more hats!

Sidney Poitier, the great actor, director and activist who died this week at age 94, was revered for his magnetic presence, and for showing the humanity in ambitious, hopeful Black characters.

Alongside her husband, Alan, she won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song for “The Windmills of Your Mind” and “The Way We Were.”

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Woody Hoburg is one of NASA’s newest astronauts, and in contention to be part of the team that goes back to the moon. So, we’ve invited him on to answer three questions about Dancing with the Stars.

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Dunst calls The Power of the Dog a cinematic love letter to her children. Maureen Corrigan reviews The Latinist, by Mark Prins. Christopher Mims goes inside the global supply chain in Arriving Today.

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A reflection on the directorial philosophy of Peter Bogdanovich, who died this week at the age of 82. He believed good accidents made great films.

Baby Izzie howls, Rayhan’s parrot screeches, Benny and his friends play flashlight tag, and Natalia launches her rocket in the new children’s book by author Anne Wynter and illustrator Oge Mora.

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Actor Sidney Poitier died this week at 94. Critic Bob Mondello examines the crucial decade that made Poitier a box office star and changed the face of Hollywood.

What did the world watch on TikTok last year? We round up some favorite videos — including a mukbang ASMR Thai star (don’t worry, we explain it) and a potato chip-crunching Kenyan comedian.

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Jealousy in romantic relationships is completely normal — but that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. Next time your inner jealousy monster needs taming, try summoning some compersion.

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