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Chris (Christian Bale) and Ana (Charlotte Le Bon) have a reason to look worried in Terry George's The Promise.

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Amid Mass Slaughter, A Love Triangle Takes Shape In 'The Promise'

5:00pm April 20, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Director Terry George's historical drama about three people swept up in the 1915 massacre of Armenians lacks subtlety and sophistication, but features powerful, visceral imagery.

Isabelle (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) takes in (and takes to) the sea air in Slack Bay.

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A Flighty French Farce (Avec Flesh-Eating): 'Slack Bay'

5:00pm April 20, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

Bruno Dumont's histrionic if not particularly hysterical comedy pits rich against poor in a picturesque seaside town; the film's leisurely paced slapstick is "more intriguing than involving."

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Vegan Cookbooks Spill The Beans About Aquafaba, The Eggless Egg White

12:33pm April 20, 2017

by Tove Danovich

The discovery that the liquid from canned beans can be whipped into an egg white substitute has taken the vegan world by storm. Now DIY recipes are being codified into cookbooks.

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Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Brings Performance And Education To Greensboro

10:09am April 20, 2017

by David Ford

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) is busy at work here in the Triad.

Cover art for Mozart's Starling, a new book by Lyanda Lynn Haupt.

How Do You Bond With Mozart? Adopt A Starling

9:56am April 20, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

Naturalist and author Lyanda Lynn Haupt took her research on Mozart to a whole new level when she invited a young starling into her home.

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'Tender' Stories Are A Feast Of Ideas

7:00am April 20, 2017

by Jason Heller

Sofia Samatar is the creator of an award-winning fantasy world; she sticks closer to earth in her powerful first story collection, but it's not always the earth we might recognize.

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'The Book Of Joan' Is A Dizzying, Dystopian Genre Mashup

5:00am April 20, 2017

by Carmen Maria Machado

Lidia Yuknavitch reimagines Joan of Arc as a freedom fighter on a blighted future earth, setting herself against the charismatic ruler of a satellite colony of nearly unrecognizably mutated humans.

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'Fargo' Serves Up Double Dose Of Ewan McGregor In Season 3

5:12pm April 19, 2017

by Eric Deggans

The critically acclaimed anthology show, Fargo, returns to FX for its third season on Wednesday night. This season stars Ewan McGregor playing two brothers.

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Netflix And Cord-Cutting Era Complicates Writers Guild Contract Talks

5:12pm April 19, 2017

by Nina Gregory

The Writers Guild of America is in negotiations for a new contract with studios, networks and streamers. Their contract expires May 1, and memories of the last writers' strike hover over negotiations.

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A galley proof shows some of the work that went into adding "ginormous" to Merriam-Webster's 2007 collegiate dictionary.

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From 'F-Bomb' To 'Photobomb,' How The Dictionary Keeps Up With English

2:44pm April 19, 2017

by Terry Gross

For a new word to enter the dictionary, it must meet three criteria: widespread use, sustained use and meaningful use. Merriam-Webster lexicographer Kory Stamper explains the process in Word by Word.

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