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'Eleven Hours' Vividly Depicts The Beauty And Brutality Of Childbirth

6:59pm May 19, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Pamela Erens' new novel takes place in the maternity ward of a New York hospital as a pregnant nurse assists in another woman's labor. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls it a fierce read.

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Hollywood Stars Speak Out In Effort To Combat Gender Pay Gap

6:46pm May 19, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Actress Robin Wright made a splash when she revealed that it was only by threatening to go public that she was able to negotiate her House of Cards salary to be the same as that of her male co-star. Pay equity in Hollywood isn't a new issue, but getting around it by sharing salary information might be a new way to combat it.

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Zac Efron and Seth Rogen reunite in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.

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Female Students Flip The Script For 'Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising'

5:00pm May 19, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

The follow-up to the successful film about a couple menaced by a nearby frat house does an interesting gender reversal as girls rebel against a rule that prevents them from holding their own parties.

Celebrity chef and restaurateur Spike Mendelsohn, along with dozens of other volunteers, peels carrots on Tuesday to be used for Wednesday's feast.

This Is What A Feast For 5,000 Made From Food Waste Looks Like

4:14pm May 19, 2016

by Maria Godoy

A small brigade of volunteers chopped up thousands of pounds of vegetables that might otherwise have landed in the dump. Celebrity chefs helped whip it into a meal tasty enough to get crowds to care.

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'Little Labors' Is No Small Feat

1:00pm May 19, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Rivka Galchen's meditation on motherhood is wry, low-key and non-linear, inspired by the 11th-century Japanese classic The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon — and the sleep-deprived brains of new parents.

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'Devil And The Bluebird' Is A Magical, Musical Road Trip

8:23pm May 18, 2016

by Caitlyn Paxson

Jennifer Mason-Black's new novel has echoes of The Odyssey. It follows a young musician who makes a deal with a devil at the crossroads: her voice, in exchange for a way to find her missing sister.

Why An Art Historian Took NYPD Officers To The Met

4:29pm May 18, 2016

Art historian Amy Herman took officers from the New York Police Department to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and used art to show them how to look closer at their own cases.

Barris talks to actors Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross on the set of Black-ish. Anderson plays Dre, an advertising executive, and Ross plays his wife, Rainbow, who's a doctor.

Arts

Kenya Barris On 'Black-ish' And What Kids Lose When They Grow Up With More

3:49pm May 18, 2016

Barris' ABC comedy series was inspired by his own family experiences. He says the show is about "raising your kids in a different environment than you were accustomed to being raised in."

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The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon and house band The Roots sing with Adele during the show's Music Room segment.

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Racing Toward TV's Future, Late-Night Shows Shift To Anytime Social Media

8:06pm May 17, 2016

by David Bianculli

Late-night talk shows are focusing on increasing their Web audiences with segments like "Carpool Karaoke" and "Lip Sync Battle." TV critic David Bianculli says the changes are exciting.

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The Nightmarish Reality Of Ceausescu's Romania In 'The Fox'

7:34pm May 17, 2016

by Jean Zimmerman

Herta Müller's remarkable novel tells the story of a young schoolteacher who becomes convinced, through gruesome clues, that the Romanian dictator's secret police are closing in on her.