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The Natural History Museum’s new NHM Commons is now open, housing Gnatalie the green dinosaur, plus productions of “The Nutcracker†and “A Christmas Carol†ring in the holidays.
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Starting with ‘A Woman of Substance,’ published in 1979, Bradford averaged nearly a book a year as one of the world’s most popular and wealthiest writers.
Korea’s biggest music awards show comes stateside for the first time in its 25-year history.
Review: ‘Bonhoeffer,’ a dramatization of a celebrated theologian’s life, makes him a superhero
Director Todd Komarnicki’s simplified portrait of the WWII Christian resistance hero ups the ante, adding several action beats to what should have been a drama.
‘Merciless,’ like its predecessors, is full of sound and fury, signifying much that Ice finds wrong with the world, his evenhanded, intelligent opinions writ loudly, if graphically.
We spoke to Gaffigan about his new hourlong special, the pains of parenting teens and how growing his career while his body slims is the start of his new chapter in comedy.
Directed by Latvia’s Gints Zilbalodis, the animated feature tells an animal survival tale after the fall of humankind via breathtaking imagery, deftly rendered.
His albums take a long time to absorb, but this one also hits with ferocious immediacy.
Former Marvel star Jonathan Majors and his ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari agreed Thursday to dismiss her civil lawsuit with prejudice, court documents say.
Matthew Byars, who was introduced as an assistant to Karen Huger on ‘The Real Housewives of Potomac,’ has died, according to the Maryland medical examiner.
The MS Aurora, a 70-year-old cruise ship that inspired TV’s ‘The Love Boat,’ sits abandoned in a slough outside Stockton. The ship’s demise has broken the hearts of a long line of men who could not save her.
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