Category: Arts & Entertainment

Pacino says the initial script for the Godfather sequel was so bad he nearly passed on the project — until it was rewritten. The Oscar-winning actor looks back on his life in the memoir Sonny Boy.

Live like a fish? A mountain lion? A butterfly? A beaver? A menagerie of unideal options.

In the HBO new series The Penguin, an unrecognizable Colin Farrell reprises his role as Oswald Cobb from The Batman. This time though, the caped crusader is nowhere to be found. Instead, we’ve got an unexpectedly fresh take on Gotham, and a crackling turf war involving the vengeful daughter of a crime boss, played by Cristin Milioti.

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Kathryn Hahn plays a game of Wild Card and talks about being nostalgic for when her kids were young and the challenges of menopause.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays with puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WBUR listener John Byrne of Watertown, Massachusetts.

The end of daylight saving time means an extra hour of sleep, earlier sunrises and, for some, an especially long Saturday night.

In this week’s Wild Card, Kathryn Hahn says she has more control over her choices and is not as afraid to say what she wants.

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Since publishing Annihilation and the subsequent Southern Reach novels, VanderMeer has become a poster child for fiction confronting climate change. Now he’s back with a highly anticipated prequel.

The casual dining chain, which saw dozens of its U.S. restaurants close this year, said its financial woes stem from the coronavirus pandemic.

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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Brian Jordan Alvarezy and panelists Brian Babylon, Emmy Blotnick, and Luke Burbank

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