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Man, this parking lot sure is a nightmare, isn’t it?: I hit your car.

Sometimes all it takes to make your day a little brighter is to remind yourself just how dark life can get. Here are four dark novels and a true crime tale.

BTS has been on a break since June 2022 to focus on solo projects and serve in the South Korean military. All of the group’s members are scheduled to finish mandatory enlistment by the end of June.

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Born in 1938, Forsyth served as a Royal Air Force pilot before becoming a journalist. He covered the attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle, which inspired The Day of the Jackal.

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Questlove, drummer and bandleader for The Roots joins us on the latest episode. The legend. Lately, he’s been working on music documentaries: Sly Lives! and Summer of Soul were both fantastic. He joins us to talk at length about Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. Questlove gets into his early memories of Saturday Night Live as a kid and gets into how he’s been involved with the show over the years. We also get into the forthcoming album from The Roots.

Fifty years ago Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was released in theaters, kicking off the summer blockbuster phenomenon. And you know a summer blockbuster when you see one: It’s a film that’s hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. But not everyone has seen every last one of them. Today, we fill in some personal blockbuster gaps, and finally see a movie that absolutely everyone saw, except for us — including Armageddon, Beverly Hills Cop II, Ghost, The Fast and the Furious.

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Okatsuka is known for her bowl haircut — and for finding humor in the dysfunction of her immigrant family. Her standup special Father is about her dad, who reappeared in her life after decades away.

El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.

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​What to do about the human-trafficking illegal who absconds with my wife once a week and then drops her at home at dawn? Help!

Since taking office, President Trump has aggressively tried to reshape cultural institutions. Last month, he claimed he was firing the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.