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Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas) is forbidding, foreboding and fierce — easily the best thing about Netflix's Rebecca remake.

Arts

A Flat 'Rebecca' Remake For Netflix Is Haunted By The Ghost Of Hitchcock

5:01am October 21, 2020

by Glen Weldon

Netflix's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's swooning gothic novel strips it of subtext — and sex — and tacks on a ending that misunderstands the "romance" at its center.

The Spencer Davis Group in 1966: Pete York (from left), Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood and Steve Winwood. Davis died Monday at the age of 81.

'Gimme Some Lovin' ' Bandleader Spencer Davis Dead at 81

6:31pm October 20, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The Welsh multi-instrumentalist helped take his self-named band to the Top 10 in the U.S. and the U.K. in the mid-1960s and launched the career of Steve Winwood.

Kevin Young was recently named as the next director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He starts in January.

Arts

Poet Kevin Young Says Thinking About Black Culture, Like Writing Poetry, Is A Calling

3:32pm October 20, 2020

by Rachel Martin

Young will take over as the next director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in January. He tells NPR, "We're in this really exciting Black renaissance."

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Jeff Bridges visits Extra at Burbank Studios on Dec. 13, 2019, in Burbank, Calif.

Actor Jeff Bridges Tweets That He Has Been Diagnosed With Lymphoma

10:32am October 20, 2020

by Bob Mondello

The Oscar-winning Crazy Heart actor — indelibly identified with The Dude Lebowski in The Big Lebowski — writes: "I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good."

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'Where The Wild Ladies Are' Is Perfect Halloween Reading

7:00am October 20, 2020

by Michael Schaub

Aoko Matsuda's gently supernatural story collection — all about women who are something more than they seem — gets its unearthly feel not from jump scares, but from the quality of the writing.

Portraits of Points of Connection created by James "Yaya" Hough

Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney's Office

4:41pm October 19, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

"I've been an artist since I was a child," says James "Yaya" Hough. After serving 27 years in prison, he is now the first-ever artist in residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

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John Brown And Abraham Lincoln: Divergent Paths In The Fight To End Slavery

1:43pm October 19, 2020

by Dave Davies

In The Zealot and the Emancipator, historian H.W. Brands reflects on two 19th century leaders who fought the institution of slavery in different ways: one radical and the other reformist.

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It's the titular role(s): Hank and Dean Venture starred in The Venture Bros.

Arts

'The Venture Bros.' Creators On The Show's Legacy, Its Fans — And Its Cancellation

11:04am October 19, 2020

by Zach Schlein

Co-creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer discuss The Venture Bros., its nerdy influence and its surprising cancellation.

After he meets Elena (Jessica Cressy), Martin Eden (Luca Marinelli) becomes determined to rise above his lowly circumstances and prove himself worthy of her love.

Arts

This Sumptuous Retelling Of 'Martin Eden' Stays True To Jack London's Novel

10:54am October 19, 2020

by Justin Chang

An uneducated sailor falls in love and finds fame as a writer — only to become disillusioned by his own success. It's an intensely political work, which London wrote as a rejection of individualism.

"The Writing On The Wall" art installation projects writings by incarcerated people onto the sides of buildings, such as The New York State Supreme Court Building, above.

'The Writing On The Wall' Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings

9:53am October 19, 2020

by Jon Kalish

"Look at all the wisdom, look at all the heart that is imprisoned in our society," says Hank Willis Thomas, cofounder of the art installation project.

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