Category: Arts & Entertainment

Subscribe to the belief that time is merely a construct, so who among us can ever really say “when” a new season of a television show will be available for viewing?

A Steven Soderbergh spy thriller, a Looney Tunes movie and a grisly comedy about a guy who can’t feel pain are all out this weekend.

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You should watch the surreal new movie On Becoming a Guinea Fowl. It opens with a Zambian woman finding her uncle’s body on the road. His death brings the family together from near and far, but also resurfaces old wounds — wounds the elders would much rather ignore. It’s a powerful story about the silence that keeps families from breaking, but only in superficial ways, and with devastating consequences.

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The DoE is cutting staff, halting grants and pressuring schools on various administration priorities. Washington Post writer Laura Meckler discusses its destabilizing effect on the education system.

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Lady Gaga has kept busy as a singer and actor, but it’s been five years since she’s released a full-blown pop album. Now, she’s back with Mayhem, which has already produced three hits — including the chart-topping Bruno Mars duet “Die With A Smile.” It’s got bangers, it’s got ballads, it’s Lady Gaga through and through.

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What does it even mean to be trans? That’s the first question Torrey Peters asks readers in her new book, Stag Dance, and it’s the question that Brittany and Torrey everyone should be asking themselves right now.

Stag Dance is a collection of four novellas that poke into the dark corners of gender, delving into taboo topics and investigating the line between trans and cis. Brittany sits down with Torrey to discuss Stag Dance, what makes a transition, and the raised stakes for trans people in the current political climate.

It’s been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This week, we’re bringing stories of people who found an unexpected dose of joy amid so much devastation.

New York Times editor David Enrich talks about a wave of recent legal attacks on journalists — led by tech billionaires, corporations and political figures like President Trump.

A reader is taken aback by her best friend’s reaction to the possibility that she might want kids. He says that if she had kids, it would change everything between them. Friendship experts weigh in.

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Care and Feeding chronicles life in the culinary world. All the Other Mothers Hate Me follows a mom turned amateur detective. Plus, Karen Russell’s first full-length novel since Swamplandia!