Category: Arts & Entertainment

A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.

Stephen Colbert spent Monday’s show revisiting material that never made it to air, performing for a studio audience made up entirely of his staff.

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The latest season of Saturday Night Live felt transitional in many ways, but it was full of blockbuster pop stars, up-and-coming bands and musical legends. We ranked them from worst to best.

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Dohrn’s parents, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, helped found the the Weather Underground. “I knew that the FBI was chasing us,” he says. His memoir is Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young.

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“You will read this once this afternoon and not again until you’re in your fifties, but, by that time, I will have already died, alone in my apartment, totally nude, except for my ankle monitor.”

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ends on Thursday. Here’s how he has evolved to meet the moment.

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In this week’s Cineplexity, where we examine life’s complexities by talking about cinema, we’re taking on the best and worst of the beloved trope of “weddings in the movies.”

Harrison Ford now has an honorary doctorate from Arizona State University, and his speech was cheered by the ASU Class of 2026.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Erin Kealiher and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Bulgaria was not among the favorites to win. But performer Dara’s catchy, banging anthem bested 24 other nations at the 70th edition of the international singing extravaganza.

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