Arts

Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, an ambassador with a lot of experience.

Arts

'The Diplomat' is smart, twisty TV about being great at your job

5:01am April 19, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Keri Russell plays a new ambassador to the UK in The Diplomat, a Netflix series that finds suspense and excitement in problem-solving and good work — and a very complex marriage.

Texas continues to exonerate people who were wrongly convicted during 'satanic panic'

4:41pm April 18, 2023

by Paul Flahive

Texas courts are still exonerating people who were falsely convicted and imprisoned amid the "moral satanic panic" of the 1980s and '90s. Their persecution was based on lies and conspiracy theories.

What went so wrong with Netflix's 'Love is Blind' reunion livestream attempt

4:41pm April 18, 2023

Netflix scrapped its live part of the 'Love is Blind' reunion episode Sunday. It was the second time Netflix had tried to air something live as streaming platforms try to win over viewers.

Simone (Betty Gilpin) on her way to a come-to-Jesus meeting.

Arts

Get thee to this nunnery: Fun, fast, freewheeling 'Mrs. Davis' is habit-forming

2:36pm April 18, 2023

by Glen Weldon

A badass nun squares off against a ubiquitous algorithm in a Peacock action-comedy series that throws absolutely everything at the wall. Betty Gilpin stars as tough, smart, sarcastic Simone.

Books
Arts

'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America

2:03pm April 18, 2023

by Sam Briger

Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later faced charges of mutiny.

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Recently damaged Savannah federal courthouse a ‘product of its time,’ says architectural histori

10:59am April 18, 2023

The building's white marble design drew inspiration from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

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Recently damaged Savannah federal courthouse a ‘product of its time,’ says architectural histori

10:59am April 18, 2023

The building's white marble design drew inspiration from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.

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Books
Arts

'The Last Animal' is a bright-eyed meditation on what animates us

5:43am April 18, 2023

by Jason Heller

Ramona Ausubel's tale has a very recognizable family nucleus — a mother and her two teenage daughters, bound by blood yet fractured by tragedy. But it soars in its addition of an animal element.

Writers Guild of America members and supporters picket in front of NBC studios ahead of proposed contract in February 2008.

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'We're just at a breaking point': Hollywood writers vote to authorize strike

5:39pm April 17, 2023

by Mandalit del Barco

Members of the Writers Guild of America have voted to authorize a strike if their talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers don't end in a new contract by midnight May 1.

How a teacher's feedback changed things for a stuttering student

5:14pm April 17, 2023

Susan Greenstein Prescott's unsung hero is her 12th grade English teacher, Fred DeMayo. He assigned everyone a poem to recite aloud — but she had a stutter. His feedback empowered her life forever.

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