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News Articles: Arts & Life

Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall play a Southern Baptist pastor and his wife trying to redeem their legacy in the wake of a public scandal in<em> Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Honk for Jesus' is an uneven but entertaining saga about scandal and redemption

Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall play a Southern Baptist pastor and his wife trying to redeem their legacy in the wake of a public scandal in Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

September 09, 2022
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  • Justin Chang

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  • Book Reviews

'If I Survive You' is a sweeping portrait of a family's fight to make it in America

Jonathan Escoffery's If I Survive You is an intensively granular, yet panoramic depiction of what it's like to try to make it — or not — in this kaleidoscopic madhouse of a country.

September 09, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan

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  • Arts & Life

Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

In Marvel's "America," Gabby Rivera wrote a superhero who's queer, Latina, and punches portals across dimensions. She shares why it's empowering to write characters that mirror her identity.

September 09, 2022
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By:
  • James Delahoussaye,
  • Manoush Zomorodi,
  • and 1 more
The YouTube algorithm has been criticized for pushing content that radicalizes users rather than keeping them informed.

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  • Books

How the polarizing effect of social media is speeding up

In his new book, journalist Max Fisher unpacks how social media companies have engineered our feeds to keep us angry, and keep us online.

September 09, 2022
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  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Michael Levitt,
  • and 1 more
Bruno the Brake Car is the first autistic character on the <em>Thomas & Friends</em> TV series. "He is funny, smart, and he's a very relaxed character," says Elliott Garcia, who voices the character for the show's U.K. version.

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  • Television

Thomas the Tank Engine and Peppa Pig welcome friends with autism and 2 mommies

The beloved children's TV shows are adding diverse new characters that reflect real people more fully. On Thomas & Friends, child actors with autism will voice the new character, Bruno the Brake Car.

September 08, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Gretchen Mol and Jon Bernthal as Julian Kaye star in Showtime's <em>American Gigolo. </em>

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  • TV Reviews

Showtime's 'American Gigolo' sequel lacks the highfalutin glitz of the original

There's nothing mythic about this series, which acts as a sequel to Paul Schrader's hit 1980 movie. This American Gigolo relies too much on people caring about a film that was made four decades ago.

September 08, 2022
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  • John Powers
Rebekah Weigel of Peacetree Productions scans the shooting schedule Wednesday in their temporary Macon office at 338 Poplar St. (Liz Fabian)

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  • Arts & Life

Casting call goes out for $8.5 million movie filming in Macon this fall

A Hollywood production team is setting up temporary offices in downtown Macon to film a major motion picture backed by big names and benefactors that bankrolled the $8.5 million project.

September 08, 2022
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  • Liz Fabian
The Metropolitan Atlanta Community Band is gearing up for its first concert in more than two years.

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  • Arts & Life

Community bands are back after being battered by the pandemic

There are more than a thousand community bands in big cities and small towns throughout the country.

September 08, 2022
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  • Jon Kalish
Pumpkin spice is one of the new additions to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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  • Arts & Life

Is it sus that Merriam-Webster just added pumpkin spice?

But it's not at all suspect that yeet and metaverse are among the 370 words added. The dictionary's editor at large says some of these additions might amuse or provoke debate.

September 07, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Archie Panjabi at the Emmy Awards in 2010. Panjabi, a non-Muslim actress, played a Muslim character in the 2018 British limited series <em>Next of Kin</em>, a show discussed in a new study from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

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  • Arts & Life

There are barely any Muslims on popular TV series, a new study says

When Muslims do appear, they tend to be violent Middle Eastern men, a new study has found after surveying 200 popular series from the U.S, U.K. and elsewhere.

September 07, 2022
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Author Peter Straub at St. Paul's School in London, when he was collaborating with the Aurora Orchestra for their touring show "Thriller" in 2011.

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  • Books

Best-selling horror writer Peter Straub has died

Straub was 79. He was known for his supernatural themes, including Ghost Story, The Hellfire Club and, in collaboration with Stephen King, The Talisman.

September 07, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Book Reviews

5 new YA reads to check out this fall

As autumn's chill creeps in, we look to five new YA releases that will both haunt you and bewitch your heart, including books by the authors of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The City Beautiful.

September 07, 2022
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  • Caitlyn Paxson

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  • Book Reviews

'Surveillance State' explores China's tech and social media control systems

Veteran Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Chin and Liza Lin spent years covering China. In a new book, they untangle how China built its formidable digital surveillance apparatus.

September 07, 2022
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  • Emily Feng
U.S. deputy marshals escort six-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960.

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  • Race

Ruby was the first Black child to desegregate her school. This is what she learned

In 1960, at the age of six, Ruby Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Now she shares the lessons she learned with future generations.

September 07, 2022
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  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Elena Burnett,
  • and 2 more
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  • Movies

Does controversy sell movie tickets? The cast of 'Don't Worry Darling' might find out

The premiere of the film Don't Worry Darling at the Venice Film Festival has created new memes and much-debated moments — none of which involve what actually happens onscreen.

September 07, 2022
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  • Matt Adams
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