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Rich, Colorful 'Afar' Reimagines The Magical Girl

7:00am April 06, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

Leila del Duca and Kit Seaton's new novel follows a young girl in a richly-imagined North Africa-flavored fantasy world, who discovers she has the power to dream herself into different bodies.

Wrestling Icon The Undertaker Retires In Wake Of Wrestlemania 33 Defeat

5:12pm April 05, 2017

After nearly 30 years in the ring, pro-wrestler The Undertaker has retired. Or, at least, that's what fans believe, after he laid down his iconic hat and overcoat at Wrestlemania 33 last weekend.

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The Pink Star diamond, which fetched the highest price ever for a jewel offered at auction, is displayed at Sotheby's in Hong Kong on March 29.

'Pink Star' Diamond Sells For $71 Million, Smashing Auction Record

4:18pm April 05, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The chairman of Hong Kong-based jewelry company Chow Tai Fook placed the winning bid over the phone to Sotheby's in Hong Kong. He renamed the jewel "CTF PINK STAR" in honor of his late father.

Comics and graphic novels have become a flourishing space for explorations of race and identity. But what are the compromises they have to make to reach and please wide audiences?

Changing Colors In Comics

4:14pm April 05, 2017

by Gene Demby

Gene Demby and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity.

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Alec Baldwin says his SNL impersonation of President Trump is purposefully exaggerated, a "Macy's Day Parade of Trump."

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Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump

4:07pm April 05, 2017

Baldwin tells Fresh Air that his SNL impression of the president is purposefully exaggerated. "There's a kind of volume to it," he says. "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."

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YouTube TV initially offers about 40 channels to subscribers in five of the largest U.S. markets.

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Once An Alternative To Mainstream TV, YouTube Now Offers Just That With New Service

3:16pm April 05, 2017

by Eric Deggans

With its streaming TV service launching Wednesday, YouTube joins a crowded field. But it offers several features the others don't.

What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Leslie Nneka Arimah

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'What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky' Is Defiantly, Electrically Original

7:00am April 05, 2017

by Michael Schaub

Lesley Nneka Arimah's remarkable debut collection is both cohesive and varied at the same time. Grounded both in the U.S. and Nigeria, it's full of sly humor, genuine emotion and occasional horror.

The Golden Girls: Betty White as Rose Nylund, Bea Arthur as Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak, and Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereaux. Much of the memorabilia that McClanahan left behind — from the show and the rest of her career is on display at Rue La Rue Caf

Eat Like A 'Golden Girl': NYC Cafe Feeds Fans With A Heavy Side Of Nostalgia

11:44pm April 04, 2017

by Andrea Lynn

Fans of the sitcom can get a taste of the golden life at Rue La Rue Cafe, the Golden Girls-themed restaurant in Manhattan. Co-owned by actress Rue McClanahan's son, it serves up pop culture and food.

Ernest Hemingway, pictured in 1948, and other famous figures throughout world history are often wrongly given credit for quotes and phrases. The author of Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations aims to set the record straight.

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'Hemingway Didn't Say That' (And Neither Did Twain Or Kafka)

7:56pm April 04, 2017

There are tons of quotes from famous people out there — and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Author Garson O'Toole has dedicated himself to setting the record straight.

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Groundlings comedy troupe founder Gary Austin has died at 75. Here he attends a January 2016 Groundlings event with actress Victoria Carrol-Bell in West Hollywood, Calif.

Gary Austin, Founder of the Groundlings Improv Group, Dies

6:30pm April 04, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Austin, relatively unknown outside of entertainment circles, taught and inspired many big names in comedy.