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A 2018 exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University celebrated the artistic legacy of MAD magazine.

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Satirical Staple 'MAD' To Exit Newsstands And Recycle Its Classic Material

2:22pm July 04, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

At MAD magazine's peak in the early 1970s, more than 2 million people subscribed to it. The magazine will shift to printing collections of old content and end-of-year specials with new material.

"We're all a bit of a mess ..." says David Harbour. "I've always wanted to portray that." Harbour plays the cantankerous police chief Jim Hopper on the Netflix series Stranger Things. It returns for its third season on July 4.

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'Stranger Things' Star David Harbour Will Take Messy Over Perfect Any Day

1:25pm July 04, 2019

"I've always been drawn to characters that are less-than capable, that make me feel not alone in my weirdness," Harbour says. Stranger Things returns for its third season on Netflix on July 4.

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In 'The Ghost Clause,' 2 Marriages, A Missing Child, And Yes, A Ghost

12:28pm July 04, 2019

by Bethanne Patrick

In Howard Norman's new novel, a recently deceased man finds himself haunting his former home and observing the new owners, an academic and a private investigator who's searching for a missing child.

Netflix said future shows aimed at its younger audiences will not depict smoking or e-cigarette use unless it is "essential." The streaming content giant also says information about smoking will be included as part of its ratings.

Netflix Promises To Quit Smoking On (Most) Original Programming

4:27am July 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The streaming content giant said it will stop showing smoking or e-cigarette use in future shows unless it is "essential." New research finds tobacco imagery on popular shows has skyrocketed.

Loss, grief and emotional neglect all play a role in Midsommar â a haunting thriller about an American couple attending a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside.

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'Midsommar' Shines: A Solstice Nightmare Unfolds In Broad Daylight

1:43pm July 03, 2019

by Justin Chang

An American couple attends a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside in Ari Aster's new thriller. The haunting, hypnotic film will slowly seep into your nervous system.

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church play divorced parents on the HBO comedy series Divorce.

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Sarah Jessica Parker On 'Sex,' 'Divorce,' Marriage And #MeToo

12:38pm July 03, 2019

by Terry Gross

On Sex and the City, Parker famously explored the nuances of single life. Now, in the HBO comedy series Divorce, she plays a mother of two navigating the dissolution of her marriage.

Symptoms of a Heartbreak, by Sona Charaipotra

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A Teenage M.D. Takes On The Adult World In 'Symptoms Of A Heartbreak'

10:00am July 03, 2019

by Alethea Kontis

Sona Charaipotra's young adult novel might be familiar to back-in-the-day fans of Doogie Howser — it's about 16-year-old supergenius Saira, fresh out of med school and interning at a hospital.

We Went to the Woods, by Caite Dolan-Leach

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'We Went To The Woods' Warns: You Can Know History And Still Repeat It

7:00am July 03, 2019

by Jean Zimmerman

Caite Dolan-Leach's new novel follows a young woman who gets kicked off a reality TV show and ends up on a 1960s-style commune, where utopian ideals soon fall prey to some very human foibles.

A smoked pulled chicken sandwich from Operation BBQ Relief.

When Natural Disasters Strike, Operation BBQ Swoops In With Relief— And Ribs

6:45pm July 02, 2019

by Susie Neilson

For eight years, a roving band of competitive barbecuers has traveled to emergency zones across the U.S., serving thousands of hot and tangy meals to people in need. Now they've got a cookbook.

Author Pulls Back The Iron Curtain On The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

2:04pm July 02, 2019

by Dave Davies

Midnight In Chernobyl author Adam Higginbotham spent years investigating the 1986 explosion and its aftermath. He says design flaws, human hubris and Soviet secrecy all contributed to the disaster.

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