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(L to R) Michael (Neil Patrick Harris) and pal Suzanne (Tisha Campbell) schmooze a prospective client.

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  • TV Reviews

In 'Uncoupled,' Neil Patrick Harris gets dumped, but Carries on

After his 17-year relationship ends, a gay NYC real estate agent (Neil Patrick Harris) leans on friends as he navigates hookup culture in this breezy Netflix comedy reminiscent of Sex and the City.

July 29, 2022
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  • Glen Weldon
Actress Mary Alice holding her Emmy Award in the press room in 1993.

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  • Arts & Life

Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice has died at age 85

From Rose Maxson in Fences on Broadway to Lettie Bostic on TV's A Different World, Alice's career encompassed comedy, drama, stage and screen.

July 28, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Streaming service Hulu is now allowing political ad buyers to address issues like abortion rights and gun control.

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  • Media

Hulu will take political ads on contentious issues after a social media outcry

The streaming service had refused ads on topics like gun control and abortion. The policy change is likely to drive more dollars into mid-term election TV campaigns.

July 28, 2022
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
James Caan was so persuasive as "Sonny" Corleone in <em>The Godfather</em>, that he got turned down when he tried to join a country club because its members thought that he, like his character, was a "made man."

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  • Movies

Like a mob hit – the passing of a generation of movie gangsters

Funerals for Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, James Caan, Paul Herman, and Tony Sirico — all in a few weeks. It's the passing of a generation of Hollywood's most celebrated "mobsters."

July 28, 2022
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  • Bob Mondello
Bernard Cribbins looks on after receiving the annual J M Barrie Award for a lifetime of unforgettable work for children on stage, film, television and record, at the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House in London, on Nov. 13, 2014. Cribbins has died at age 93.

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Actor Bernard Cribbins, who delighted U.K. kids for generations, dies at 93

Bernard Cribbins, a beloved British entertainer whose seven-decade career ranged from the bawdy "Carry On" comedies to children's television and "Doctor Who," has died.

July 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press

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  • Book Reviews

The immersive novel 'Tomorrow' is a winner for gamers and n00bs alike

Gabrielle Zevin's beautifully written novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow tells the story of two childhood friends who become legendary names in the world of video game design.

July 28, 2022
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  • Maureen Corrigan
<em>Full Frontal With Samantha Bee</em> was canceled by TBS and that might signal a tougher road ahead for women and people of color in late-night comedy.

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  • Television

Samantha Bee's cancellation hints at tough times for women and POC in late night TV

The late night comedy scene is changing and that could be trouble or an opportunity for emerging talents.

July 28, 2022
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  • Eric Deggans
Previous winner Ken Jennings will permanently host <em>Jeopardy! </em>episodes from September through December, while actress Mayim Bialik will host the show from January on.

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  • Television

Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik become the permanent co-hosts of 'Jeopardy!'

Bialik is a neuroscientist and former star of The Big Bang Theory. Jennings is a former Jeopardy! contestant who went on an unmatched 74-game winning streak and was a consulting producer on the show.

July 28, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Franklin Armstrong made his debut in the <em>Peanuts</em> in 1968.

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  • Arts & Life

A project named for 'Peanuts' character Franklin aims to boost Black animators

The Armstrong Project provides two $100,000 endowments to Howard University and Hampton University.

July 28, 2022
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Tony Dow, actor, director and artist, poses at his home and studio in Los Angeles in 2012.

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  • Arts & Life

Leave It To Beaver star Tony Dow has died

Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver on the hit TV show Leave It To Beaver, has died at 77. He had cancer.

July 27, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Briana Scurry blocks a penalty shootout during overtime of the Women's World Cup Final against China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., July 10, 1999. The U.S. team won 5-4 on penalties.

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  • Author Interviews

A brain injury cut short Briana Scurry's soccer career. It didn't end her story

After a traumatic brain injury left her in terrible pain and unable to work, the legendary goalkeeper had to pawn her Olympic medals. Scurry charts her road to recovery in My Greatest Save.

July 27, 2022
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  • Terry Gross
Poet, writer and visual artist Naomi Ortiz

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  • Arts & Life

A national fellowship that supports disabled artists has a new class for 2022

Fellows of Disability Futures for this year honors disabled lineages in art, which is to say, traces the links between elders and emerging artists across the country.

July 27, 2022
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  • Neda Ulaby
The dictionary aims to be the first to complete the task at this magnitude.

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  • Arts & Life

A new dictionary will document the lexicon of African American English

A new research collaboration between Harvard University and Oxford University Press aims to compile the first fully-formed dictionary of African American English.

July 27, 2022
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  • Jeevika Verma
Patience (Talise Trevigne, right) comforts Castor (Reginald Smith Jr.) after his breakdown over the crush of dept and his search for a solution as other family members look on.

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  • Arts & Life

'Castor and Patience' opera explores systematic barriers to Black land ownership

Cousins struggle with debts and may have to sell property long held by their family in a work created by former poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith and composer Gregory Spears.

July 26, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Kramer
In 1998, animated insects skittered onto movie screens in <em>A Bug's Life </em>and<em> Antz. </em>

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  • Movies

Seeing double: Near-identical films that came out at the same time

What happens when two studios are making the same movie and neither studio blinks?

July 26, 2022
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  • Bob Mondello
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