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'Beasts Made of Night' by Tochi Onyebuchi

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'Beasts Made Of Night' Is The Beginning Of A Great Saga

7:00am November 04, 2017

by Caitlyn Paxson

Fantastic worldbuilding sets the stage in Tochi Onyebuchi's new novel, set in a bustling market city inspired by his Nigerian heritage. While the storytelling can be indecisive, the setting triumphs.

Dan Rather speaks at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in 2015. His new collection of essays is called What Unites Us.

Dan Rather, An Unlikely Essayist, On 'What Unites Us'

5:44pm November 03, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

Equally optimistic and concerned, the longtime television news anchor — now a Facebook phenomenon — has written a book that doesn't hide his love of country.

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Stand At The Edge Of Geological Time

4:52pm November 03, 2017

Transport yourself to Rocky Mountain National Park, with all its sights and sounds, in this immersive geology lesson.

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'Lady Bird' Soars With An Intimate Portrait Of Mother-Daughter Angst

2:58pm November 03, 2017

by David Edelstein

The title character of Greta Gerwig's new comedy is a Sacramento high school senior who's in a love-hate relationship with her mother. Critic David Edelstein says Lady Bird is "packed with insight."

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Netflix Adaptation Of Margaret Atwood's 'Alias Grace' Is Uncannily Relevant

2:58pm November 03, 2017

by David Bianculli

Alias Grace tells the true story of an Irish immigrant who worked as a household maid in Canada in the 1850s and was later convicted of murder.

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Jeff Garlin and Linda Cardellini on Ask Me Another.

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Sunset Boulevard

10:44am November 03, 2017

Garlin and Cardellini put their dramatic acting chops to the test with a quiz based on the iconic Sunset Boulevard line, "All right, Mr. DeMille. I'm ready for my close-up."

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Real Or Fake Kids' TV Show

10:44am November 03, 2017

We cashed in on some kids' show syndication money with this quiz, in which our celebri-testants must decide whether descriptions of children's TV shows are real or fake.

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An LA World

10:44am November 03, 2017

We rewrote "A Whole New World" from the movie Aladdin to be about famous Los Angeles landmarks, locations, and businesses.

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Guesstimators: Jesse Thorn

10:44am November 03, 2017

Jesse Thorn, host of the NPR program Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, challenged Jonathan Coulton to somewhere between zero and two guesstimation games.

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Lance Reddick and Paul Rust on Ask Me Another.

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In International Name Only

10:44am November 03, 2017

For their first trivia challenge, Reddick and Rust traveled all the way from Italy, Texas to Russia, Ohio with a quiz about foods that sound international but are actually from America.

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