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Questions of faith and sanity bubble to the surface in season 3 of 'Evil'

1:54pm June 10, 2022

by David Bianculli

Evil, which premiered on CBS in 2019, has shifted over to the Paramount+ streaming service, where it's taken full advantage of its relocation. The latest season keeps increasing in intensity.

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Mohamad Dalli (as Wissam) and Gia Madi (as Joanna) in the film "1982."

'1982' explores the complexities of love and war in Lebanon

9:51am June 10, 2022

1982 is a love story set against the backdrop of war, when Israel invaded Lebanon 40 years ago. Lebanese filmmaker Oualid Mouaness, inspired by his own memories, wrote the and directed the film.

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Judy Garland at 100: A starter guide beyond the Yellow Brick Road

9:50am June 10, 2022

by Aisha Harris

From her earliest days at MGM to The Judy Garland Show, the powerhouse entertainer was singular and enduring.

Young women eat lunch in the Tuileries Garden in Paris in January 1929.

Drop that fork! Why eating at your desk is banned in France

9:34am June 10, 2022

What the French history of the leisurely lunch break can teach us about separating work from rest.

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5 YA books that offer a nuanced reading experience for summer

6:44am June 10, 2022

by Caitlyn Paxson

Beach reads are great — but here are some new books offering the stuff of sticky, heat-stroke dreams; overgrown, light-filled wildflower fields; and twisted alleys of old cities waking from winter.

Britney Spears marries Sam Asghari in California

5:58am June 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britney Spears married longtime partner Sam Asghari months after the pop superstar won her freedom from a court conservatorship. The wedding happened nine months after the pair were engaged.

Lil Nas X performs onstage at the BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Lil Nas X teases diss track against BET over awards show snub

8:36pm June 09, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

Lil Nas X, who publicly came out in 2019, says his sexuality was a reason for his lack of BET Awards nominations this year.

The planning behind the Jan. 6 insurrection went far deeper than it initially seemed

1:58pm June 09, 2022

by Terry Gross

NY Times Congressional reporter Luke Broadwater says the effort to overturn the '20 election results was a "sprawling and diffuse" one that involved local governments as well as White House insiders.

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A kiosk distributes a William Shakespeare poem at a BART station in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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San Francisco's transit system is dispensing short stories to commuters

12:23pm June 09, 2022

by Kurt Gardinier

San Francisco's transit system hopes short stories printed on receipts for riders will benefit both commuters and creative writers.

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Brodie (Devin Way) and Ruthie (Jesse James Keitel) are some of the peacocking queer folk on Peacock's Queer as Folk.

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'Queer As Folk' gets a stiletto-heeled reboot that takes time to feel comfortable

8:53am June 09, 2022

by Glen Weldon

The cast is more diverse, which allows the reboot to address conflicts and give voice to characters the old HBO Queer as Folk never could, while keeping the soapy melodrama of it all.