Month: June 2025

Reporter Kevin Sack’s new book is a history of Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

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Tom Hiddleston stars in the new adaptation of Stephen King’s novella — which is somehow a very sweet film about the inevitable approach of death.

The annual Play Days showcase was far more interesting than the reveals themselves.

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Wilson, who died at age 82, was the creative force behind The Beach Boys. He wrote and produced many hits, including “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows.” Originally broadcast in ’88 and ’98.

Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success – Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now. So it’s no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of How to Train Your Dragon. It’s full of epic battles, majestic countrysides and, of course, dragons galore.

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The characters in the romantic comedy Materialists, Celine Song’s follow-up to Past Lives, see the dating pool in terms of the “market” – people are evaluated by how “competitive” they are and marriage is treated like an equation to be solved.

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This week brought the celebrity-starved quiz a cornucopia of fun. Were you paying attention?

Sunday marks 115 years since the first Father’s Day celebration. Ahead of that special day, we celebrate dads and the daughter who inspired the annual tradition.

Mary Randolph Carter is an expert on all things junk. She’s written many books on the topic including her latest called Live With the Things You Love: And You’ll Live Happily Ever After. We asked Carter if there was ever one piece of junk she acquired over the years that stuck with her so much and lived inside her head rent free for so long that she wishes she made it. The object that came to mind was a very peculiar clock.

Dakota Johnson plays a savvy New York City matchmaker caught between two men in a film that ultimately fails to reconcile the screwball vigor of a comedy with the emotional oomph of a drama.