Fifty nominated books now remain in contention for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people’s literature — and, in a fresh twist to the annual slate, translated literature.

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Jiji Lee writes a humorous diary of a staycation with her husband in their one-bedroom apartment.

In his directorial debut, the actor plays an aging musician who falls for and mentors an up-and-coming talent — played by Lady Gaga — even as his own troubles surface.

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Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen play a reasonably happy couple whose relationship undergoes a series of big changes in this low-key, 8-episode meditation on love, life and roads not taken.

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First-time filmmaker RaMell Ross’ camera captures fleeting moments in the lives of two black young men in rural Alabama, and refuses to supply us with context. We grow to care about them anyway.

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Director/co-writer Shane Black’s attempt to infuse snappy dialogue and dark humor into the alien-hunter franchise works until it, suddenly, doesn’t. Blame a mess of a script and cheap-looking effects.

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Ellis Rosen and Sofia Warren humorously illustrate a series of breakups, as directed by Agnès Varda, Alfred Hitchcock, Nora Ephron and others.

The SNL head writers have different attitudes toward co-hosting the Emmy awards Monday night. Jost admits to being nervous, but Che says, “It’s comedy! … There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

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Hulu’s new series features Sean Penn as a veteran astronaut facing the personal sacrifice of deep space travel. Critic David Bianculli says the characters are explored just as deeply as outer space.

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Hurricane Florence Now A Category 2, National Weather Service Warns It’s Still Capable Of Catastrophic Destruction

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