Category: Arts & Entertainment

Vice President Harris will have a special guest at her rally in Houston on Friday: Beyoncé.

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In Anora, Mikey Madison plays a sex worker who dances at a strip club and meets — and marries — the son of a Russian oligarch. Filmmaker Sean Baker seems to anticipate and avoid conventions about on-screen violence.

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Why is sorting yourself out so hard? Are you a late bloomer? A lost cause? A burnout?

Hawkins became a darling of the track and field world when she took up running at 100 years old. She died in Baton Rouge, La., this week.

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Filmmaker Mark Duplass draws a card from the Wild Card deck and talks about grieving for the life path he decided not to take.

From Radio Diaries: the story of a woman who was part of one of the largest migrations in U.S. history.

Nick Harkaway grew up hearing his dad read drafts of his George Smiley novels. He picks up le Carré’s beloved spymaster character in the new novel, Karla’s Choice.

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Netflix’s Woman Of The Hour is not your conventional serial killer movie. It’s based on the true story of a serial killer who appeared on The Dating Game in the 1970s. But it’s also about the women who became — or almost became — his victims. Directed by and starring Anna Kendrick, it’s a tense, thoughtful film that has much to say about the systems that make life easier for dangerous and otherwise crummy men.

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Denny’s says it’s closing 150 of its lowest-performing restaurants in an effort to turn around the brand’s flagging sales. About half of the closures will happen this year and the rest in 2025.

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