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Review: '3 Body Problem' is an alien invasion story that doesn't feel like a retread

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Cixin Liu’s “The Three-Body Problem,” the first volume in his “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, has become a Netflix series (as “3 Body Problem”). The title might fit a murder mystery, or a story of polyamory, but refers in this case to a matter of math and physics, specifically (says my good friend Wikipedia) that […]

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Review: 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World' is media satire at its most darkly funny

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In Radu Jude’s latest satire, the bracing “Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World,” the Romanian writer-director assaults the viewer with many of modern life’s indignities: gridlocked traffic, rampant misogyny, economic inequality, corporate exploitation, the far-right trolls on social media. But perhaps the most insidious offense is the ringtone that repeatedly

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Justin Timberlake is a man out of time on 'Everything I Thought It Was'

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It would’ve been weird enough for Justin Timberlake, of all people, to open his new album with a sob story about the high price of fame. But one in which he frames the pain he’s endured as a byproduct of his devotion to his Tennessee hometown? That’s truly unhinged. Yet it’s just what Timberlake does

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Hopeless Records created a visionary path for pop-punk. 30 years later, it keeps on moshing

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Just a few years before he founded Hopeless Records in his early 20s, Louis Posen thought he saw a future for himself in the film industry. That was before doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa at age 19, leaving him with the knowledge that he’d be losing his eyesight at a very young age. “Being

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Halle Bailey kept her baby boy a secret. She said she 'had no obligation to expose him'

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Halle Bailey admitted that keeping her pregnancy private was a matter of self-preservation — for herself, for her family and for the “biggest joy” of her life. “The Little Mermaid” and “Color Purple” singer-actor explained why she and rapper DDG kept their baby news quiet and off social media for months. The couple welcomed their

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'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama, whose work popularized manga and anime worldwide, dies at 68

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Legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, the creator of the internationally popular “Dragon Ball” series and character designer on the “Dragon Quest” video games, died Friday after suffering an acute subdural hematoma, his studio announced Thursday. He was 68. “He has left many manga titles and works of art in this world,” read the statement, which

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Opinion: 'Oppenheimer's' best performance — reminding us that we live in dangerous times

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On Oscar night, millions will tune in to see whether the captivating story about the race to create the world’s first nuclear weapon will take home an armload of Academy Awards. As we watch, we must remember this: No matter who lands a golden statuette on March 10, we will all wake up on March

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Mark Dodson, 'Star Wars' and 'Gremlins' voice actor, dies at 64

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Mark Dodson, a veteran Hollywood voice actor known for his contributions to the “Star Wars” and “Gremlins” movies, has died. He was 64. Dodson’s talent agency, Stellar Appearances, confirmed the performer’s death Sunday on social media. He reportedly suffered a heart attack in his sleep while he was in Evansville, Ind., where he was scheduled

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