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'An Amerikan Family' traces the legacy of Tupac Shakur's influential family

The late rapper — who was killed at 25 in 1996 — would have turned 52 this year. Santi Elijah Holley's new book follows the Shakur family tree and their work in the Black Liberation Movement.

June 14, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
<em>Endeavour</em> — a prequel to the <em>Inspector Morse</em> series — ran for nearly a decade. Its ninth and final season is airing on PBS's MASTERPIECE Mystery! Above, Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse

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In its ninth and final season, 'Endeavour' fulfills its mission to 'Inspector Morse'

Just as Better Call Saul is, in some ways, more interesting than Breaking Bad, so Endeavour offers more emotional richness than the series that inspired it.

June 14, 2023
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  • John Powers
Screenwriters around the world are organizing pickets and other actions on June 14 in support of the ongoing Writers Guide of America strike. Above, Writers Guild of America workers picket outside the Warner Brother studios, on May 2, 2023 in Burbank, Calif.

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  • Arts & Life

International screenwriters organize 'Day of Solidarity' supporting Hollywood writers

"Screenwriters Everywhere: International Day of Solidarity" is scheduled to take place in 35 countries on Wednesday with rallies, social media campaigns and picketing.

June 14, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman

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We ranked the top 10 'Final Fantasy' mainline games, ahead of XVI's release

Final Fantasy has pioneered video game storytelling since 1987. We rank the best titles in the mainline series ahead of the release of Final Fantasy XVI.

June 14, 2023
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  • Andy Bickerton
In <em>The Blackening</em>, Lisa (Antoinette Robertson) and her friends try to survive a weekend getaway turned deadly.

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Racist horror tropes are the first to die in the slasher comedy 'The Blackening'

A group of Black friends hosts a weekend getaway at a cabin in the woods, and a played-out scary movie trope is turned cleverly on its head.

June 14, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris

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'To Name the Bigger Lie' is an investigation of the nature of truth

Sarah Viren's memoir, drawing from two life episodes, has the page-turning quality of a thriller. But instead of solving mysteries, she untangles philosophical tensions in pursuit of what is real.

June 14, 2023
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  • Kristen Martin
Cormac McCarthy attends the New York premiere of <em>The Road</em>, the film adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, in 2009.

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Cormac McCarthy, American novelist of the stark and dark, dies at 89

The author of The Road, Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men embodied a strong Southwestern sensibility, writing often about men grappling with the existence of evil.

June 13, 2023
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  • Wade Goodwyn

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The Catholic Church profited from slavery — 'The 272' explains how

"You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to help save what is now Georgetown University.

June 13, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
The stage is set and performances have begun in the heart of Rome, Italy, for the 20th Anniversary Rome Chamber Music Festival that runs through Thursday. The event was begun by Macon’s Robert McDuffie. Courtesy of The Rome Chamber Music Festival

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Prestigious chamber music festival founded by Maconite back for 20th year in Rome, Italy

The Rome (Italy) Chamber Music Festival — the festival founded by Macon’s Robert McDuffie 20 years ago — began Monday.

June 13, 2023
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  • The Telegraph
The voice of John Lennon, seen here in 1963, will appear on The Beatles' new record, says his former bandmate Paul McCartney.

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The Beatles will release a final record, using John Lennon's voice via an AI assist

The music has analog roots, recorded by the famous singer-songwriter on a demo tape. Now it's being revived by futuristic technology for release later this year, Paul McCartney said.

June 13, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is a co-founder of The Ida B. Wells Society. She's pictured above in New York in December 2021.

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  • Arts & Life

Ida B. Wells Society internships mired by funding issues, says Nikole Hannah-Jones

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones says administrative delays have made it impossible to carry on with several academic projects intended to foster the careers of young Black investigative journalists.

June 13, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Elizabeth Gilbert is delaying publication of <em>The Snow Forest</em>, a novel set in Russia, after receiving an outpouring of "anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain" from Ukrainian readers who object to releasing any work about Russia. Here, in this photo from September 2010, Gilbert arrives at the European premiere of the film <em>Eat, Pray, Love</em> in Leicester Square, London.

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Elizabeth Gilbert halts release of a new book after outcry over its Russian setting

The Snow Forest by the author of Eat, Pray, Love was set to be released in February 2024, exactly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine. The backlash included hundreds of negative GoodReads reviews.

June 13, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A scene from the Brazilian film "Nurses Facing Covid" ("<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9e3eiqZz1o&list=PL9S6xGsoqIBWS_JUFdjXpdvLL86R_8VQq&index=2">Na Lihna de Frente</a>"), one of the "Grand Prix" winners in this year's Health for All Film Festival.

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The winners from the WHO's short film fest were grim, inspiring and NSFW-ish

Honorees from the World Health Organization's Health for all Film Festival tell stories of pain — but also of resilience and hope — all in 8 minutes or less.

June 13, 2023
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  • Max Barnhart
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Actor Treat Williams, star of 'Hair' and 'Everwood', is killed in a motorcycle crash

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series Everwood and the movie Hair, died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.

June 13, 2023
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Pat Sajak will retire from 'Wheel of Fortune' after more than 4 decades as host

Sajak, 76, has presided over the game show, which features contestants guessing letters to try to fill out words and phrases to win money and prizes, since 1981.

June 12, 2023
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