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'The Rider' Offers An Aching Portrait Of Masculinity In Crisis

3:29pm April 10, 2018

by Justin Chang

Writer-director Chloé Zhao's new film tells the true story of a Lakota cowboy recovering from a serious rodeo accident. Critic Justin Chang says The Rider has "a bone-deep authenticity."

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Malaysian rendang is not simply a popular dish — it is a national treasure. It's a "low and slow" dish, in which the meat is cooked in highly spiced coconut milk for several hours. It's never supposed to be crispy, despite what MasterChef UK judges migh

Why 'MasterChef UK' Is Uniting Malaysians In Outrage

2:34pm April 10, 2018

by Kristen Hartke

When a Malaysian contestant was booted off the cooking show because her take on chicken rendang, a classic Malay dish, wasn't "crispy" enough, it sparked a controversy highlighting cultural ignorance.

Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson in the "About Three Years Later" season seven premiere episode of New Girl.

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'New Girl' Comes Back To Put A Coda On A Successful Run

1:57pm April 10, 2018

by Linda Holmes

After six full seasons, New Girl returns for an eight-episode run that will lead to the series finale. It's a structure that might suit a lot of character-driven comedies.

Chrissy Metz plays Kate on the NBC's This Is Us.

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'This Is Us' Star Chrissy Metz Retraces Her Journey From Agent To Actress

9:10am April 10, 2018

Metz worked as an agent for years before her acting career finally took off. She says, "It was like watching your boyfriend take another woman out every day."

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'Sharp' Is A Dinner Party You Want To Be At

7:00am April 10, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Michelle Dean's new compendium of outspoken women is as stimulating and insightful as its roster of guests — ten writers, from Dorothy Parker to Pauline Kael, who pulled no punches on the page.

detail to cover of Varina by Charles Frazier

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In 'Varina,' A Confederate Contemplates Her Complicity

5:05am April 10, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

Charles Frazier was done writing about the Civil War after his award-winning novel Cold Mountain. Then he discovered the true story of the first lady of the Confederacy.

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In Killing Eve, Sandra Oh plays the titular Eve, a desk-bound security services operative who picks up the trail of a glamorous assassin.

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For Sandra Oh, A Star Turn Tracking A Stylish Assassin On 'Killing Eve'

6:13pm April 09, 2018

by Rachel Martin

On the new female-driven TV series, Oh (Sideways, Grey's Anatomy) has landed a darkly comic lead role that she says was 30 years in the making.

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Nobel Prize Judges Face Crisis 'Worse Than One Can Imagine' After Resignations

5:54pm April 09, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Three members of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in literature, protested its response to a simmering scandal by resigning their permanent roles. Now, the group is in a tough spot.

ACP at Cancun Restaurant in Crossville, Tenn. This cheese-covered Southern interpretation of arroz con pollo is not the saffron-colored rice and golden chicken that many Latinos who grew up eating the dish would recognize. But ACP nonetheless helped build

What Did The South Do To 'Arroz Con Pollo'? It's A Cheese-Covered Mystery

5:08pm April 09, 2018

by Gustavo Arellano

Arroz con pollo, or rice with chicken, is a dish beloved in much of Latin America. But in the South, it's morphed into ACP, a cheese-smothered phenomenon that built Mexican-restaurant empires.

Apu is a supporting character on The Simpsons drawn in broad caricature, and Sunday's episode addressed — sort of — criticisms about the portrayal.

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'The Simpsons' To 'The Problem With Apu': Drop Dead

3:06pm April 09, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The Simpsons addressed complaints about its caricature of an Indian convenience store owner by making clear that it ... doesn't really care.