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For Dave Chappelle, punchlines are dares. His new special, 'The Closer,' goes too far

In his new Netflix special, Dave Chappelle tries — and often fails — to justify button-pushing jokes about gay people, transgender people and feminists.

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
<em>Smile: The Story of a Face</em>, by Sarah Ruhl

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  • Book Reviews

Writer with Bell's palsy ponders how to experience joy when expression is limited

Smile records Sarah Ruhl's coming to terms with her new face and the conundrums it presents — after the playwright wondered for ten years whether the story deserved to live on the page.

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Kristen Martin
The original Poohsticks Bridge, featured in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, has gone up for auction. It's estimated to sell for around $54,000 to $81,000.

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  • Arts & Life

The 'Poohsticks Bridge,' made famous in Winnie the Pooh, has gone up for auction

As far as bridges go, the bridge is Roo-sized, measuring less than 30 feet long. But as Winnie the Pooh would say, "Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
480 Otis, who is believed to be around 25 years old, emerged from hibernation looking very thin and facing health problems. But he deftly navigated both inter-bear relationships and a salmon-rich river to put on much-needed weight.

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  • National

Fat Bear Week has a champion: All hail 480 Otis

Who is the fattest bear of all? For the fourth time, the answer is 480 Otis, a brown bear who didn't let his lack of two canine teeth stop him from packing on the pounds.

October 06, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell

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  • Author Interviews

For Stanley Tucci, food is like religion — and cancer almost took it away

Tucci's entire world, since childhood, has revolved around food. He was devastated when treatment for cancer put him on a feeding tube for six months. Now cancer-free, he has a new memoir, Taste.

October 05, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Left: Shelly C. Lowe, nominee for the chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Right: Maria Rosario Jackson, nominee for the National Endowment for the Arts chair

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  • Arts & Life

Here are the White House's picks to lead the National Arts and Humanities Endowments

The White House has announced its nominees for the next Chairs of the National Arts and Humanities Endowments. If confirmed, the NEH pick would become the first Native American to become chair.

October 05, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Jeanna de Waal plays Diana, the princess, in <em>Diana, The Musical</em>.

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  • TV Reviews

'Diana, The Musical' mixes camp with sincerity. Here's where every song ranks

The songs in the widely panned Netflix musical that sings and dances its way through Princess Diana's tragic life are not all alike — and we're here to put them all in their proper place.

October 05, 2021
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  • Linda Holmes
A selection of the 2021 National Book Award finalists

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  • Books

Here are the finalists nominated for a 2021 National Book Award

Writers in the final round include Lauren Groff, Hanif Abdurraqib and Anthony Doerr. The prize recognizes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature.

October 05, 2021
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  • Andrew Limbong
Members of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music on the plane to Doha.

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  • Music News

Afghan orchestra musicians, music students and teachers have escaped the Taliban

After weeks of trying to flee Afghanistan, 101 musicians, students and teachers with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and Zohra Orchestra finally landed in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.

October 05, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Karen Dalton

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  • Music

New documentary remembers the tragic life of folk singer Karen Dalton

Karen Dalton, an enigmatic artist beloved by colleagues Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs, and idolized by followers like Nick Cave and Courtney Barnett, is the subject of a new film.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe
Crystal Kan, a storyboard artist, draws signs on cars of IATSE union members during a rally in Los Angeles in September.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood crews vote to authorize a strike for better pay and working conditions

Behind-the-scenes crew members say they're working long days without breaks for dismal pay. Union leadership may now call a strike.

October 05, 2021
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  • Mandalit del Barco
Stephanie Grisham attends the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on June 21, 2019.

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  • Book Reviews

Once again, Trump aide paints a picture of a White House wracked by chaos, infighting

Among Trump tell-all authors, Stephanie Grisham stands out because in a White House where turnover was constant, she managed to remain there for almost all of Trump's presidency.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe

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  • Book Reviews

With four kids in an old Studebaker, Amor Towles takes readers on a real joyride

Set in the early summer of 1954, The Lincoln Highway follows a crew of kids — some fresh out of reform school — who hit the road in search of a better future, with a few detours along the way.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Heller McAlpin
Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill Nov. 21, 2019 in Washington, DC.

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  • Book Reviews

Fiona Hill explores why it's tough to get ahead in 'There Is Nothing For You Here'

Fiona Hill had a star turn in front of Congress during Trump's first impeachment inquiry. Now she examines why opportunities are fleeting and how it affects the country's social and political fabric.

October 05, 2021
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By:
  • Caitlyn Kim

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  • Book Reviews

Claire Vaye Watkins goes on an autofictional odyssey out West in her latest

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness follows a woman, also named Claire, who abandons her family during a bout of postpartum depression in favor of a road trip through significant places in her past.

October 05, 2021
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  • Natalie Zutter
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