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Clockwise from top left: American Horror Stories, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Changeling, The Mothers-in-Law, Reacher, The Continental: From the World of John Wick. Hulu; Peacock; Apple TV+; Tubi TV; Keri Anderson/Prime Video; Katalin Vermes/Starz Entertainment hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad. Magnolia Pictures; Amazon Studios; A24; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Focus Features; Liz Parkinson/Netflix hide caption
John Nichols wrote more than 20 works of fiction and nonfiction, most centered around his adopted home of northern New Mexico. He was a photographer as well. Susan Crutchfield/University of New Mexico Press hide caption
Palestinians search the destroyed annex of the Church of Saint Porphyrius, damaged in a strike on Gaza City on Oct. 20. Dawood Nemer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kiss band members, from left, Tommy Thayer, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Paul Stanley participate in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building on Thursday in New York. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational 2021 South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting. Netflix hide caption
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McCarthyism and queerness in 'Fellow Travelers'; plus, IBAM unplugged with Olivia Dean
McCarthyism and queerness in 'Fellow Travelers'; plus, IBAM unplugged with Olivia Dean
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in a scene from the 1998 romantic comedy You've Got Mail. Getty Images hide caption
Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards on June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. An appeals court on Friday upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of the actor, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
From left: a possible answer, a black-and-white photo, someone who left wills in her furniture. David Livingston/Getty Images, Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, Noam Galai/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival hide caption
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in a scene from May December. Francois Duhamel/Netflix hide caption
Twelve-year-old Mahito journeys into an otherworldly realm in The Boy and the Heron. via Studio Ghibli hide caption
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Movie Reviews
In 'The Boy and the Heron,' Miyazaki asks: How do we go on in the midst of grief?
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In 'The Boy and the Heron,' Miyazaki asks: How do we go on in the midst of grief?
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Book Reviews
A theater critic and a hotel maid are on the case in 2 captivating mystery novels
Fresh Air
A theater critic and a hotel maid are on the case in 2 captivating mystery novels
Shane MacGowan live onstage in 1988, courtesy of the documentary film Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan. Andrew Catlin/Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Shane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65
For Beyoncé's Renaissance tour Es Devlin designed a spherical portal â a 50-foot wide aperture â from which the star, her dancers and musicians could emerge and withdraw between songs. Es Devlin/Thames & Hudson hide caption
When stars are on stage, this designer makes it personal for each fan in the stadium
Chained Echoes, Sea of Stars, Cassette Beasts Matthias Linda, Sabotage Studio, Raw Fury hide caption
When you're stuck at the airport, you need the right soundtrack. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Among the trove of games was an original version of the cult hit Chrono Trigger. Screenshot from NPR hide caption
In Apple TV+'s Slow Horses, Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly, brilliant spy who's in charge of a group of failed British spies. The series is based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron says Lamb might not have "a heart of gold" but he does have "a moral code." Apple TV+ hide caption