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One Fan's Game To Find The Throne In Sweden

11:49am March 31, 2019

We hear from Game of Thrones fan Josefine Wallenå of Sweden about her search for an Iron Throne replica. It was part of a worldwide scavenger hunt promoting the final season of the hit HBO show.

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'Women Talking' Gives A Human Voice To Horror

9:18am March 31, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Miriam Toews' new novel is based on an awful true story: The drugging and rape of women in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. Toews says she wanted to show the women as real humans, not isolated cultists.

In Abby's, Natalie Morales plays the titular bartender — whose establishment is run out of her own backyard.

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Behind The Bar With Natalie Morales, The Abby Of NBC Sitcom 'Abby's'

7:43am March 31, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

In a new TV show, Morales runs a very, very local watering hole. In an interview, she discusses her character's sexuality and her path as a Latina in Hollywood.

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Tips For Spring Travel

7:43am March 31, 2019

Spring break, grounded Boeing planes, bankruptcies, thunderstorms — perfect conditions for overcrowded and canceled flights. SmarterTravel editor Ashley Rossi offers advice to Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Sky Without Stars, by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell

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'Sky Without Stars': Vive La Revolution ... In Space!

7:06am March 31, 2019

by Caitlyn Paxson

Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell's new novel recasts Les Miserables on a distant — yet French-inflected — planet where a powerful Regime keeps the populace split and oppressed.

The Handmaid's Tale, starring Elisabeth Moss, coincided with a spike in new subscribers to Hulu, one of an increasing number of video streaming platforms.

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Too Much Video Streaming To Choose From? It's Only Going To Get Worse

6:17pm March 30, 2019

by Laura Sydell

It can be frustrating when viewers try to figure out which service has what they want to watch — Netflix, Prime, Hulu? It's about to get worse as more streaming services launch this year.

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The Stories In 'Guestbook' Linger Like Ghosts

5:58pm March 30, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Leanne Shapton's new short story collection feels like walking through an art gallery, each piece linked in ways that are ineffable but clear. And many sections use artwork, including Shapton's own.

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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Book Of Mormon' Star Andrew Rannells On Ethel Merman

12:48pm March 30, 2019

Rannells starred as Elder Price in The Book of Mormon ... but how much does he know about Ethel Merman? We'll give him three chances to prove himself in a game called The Book of ... Merman.

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Heidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me opens on Broadway on Sunday.

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Staging A Debate Over 'What The Constitution Means To Me'

7:55am March 30, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The play is a personal memoir and a civics town hall. It recreates the debate contests Heidi Schreck attended in high school and explores how the Constitution hasn't protected all Americans equally.

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We Are All 'The Other Americans'

7:00am March 30, 2019

by Bethanne Patrick

Laila Lalami's new novel combines riveting police procedural with a sensitive examination of life in California's Mojave Desert region, told through a well-rendered choir of different voices.