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A new start after 60: I baked a pie every day for a year

When Vickie Hardin Woods retired at 61 she set herself a plan: bake a pie every day for a year, using fresh ingredients local to her home in Salem, Oregon, and give each pie away. The year before she had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and wanted something to

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finds heart in small-scale storytelling

Westeros is one of fantasy’s most exhaustively detailed worlds, and after Game of Thrones the franchise could have gone anywhere. Instead, House of the Dragon chose a familiar, sprawling route set 200 years earlier, while A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes a different tack: it strips the scope

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Heath Ledger starred in the short-lived fantasy series Roar

Before he became widely known and 11 years ahead of his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger took his first leading television role in Roar, a FOX fantasy series. The show blends Celtic legend and Roman conquest, offering a vaguely historical setting that leans into magic

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Rachel Zoe, Who Made Stylists Into Celebrities, Is Back on Reality TV

Rachel Zoe says she never meant for fame — “accidentally famous,” she called it — as she prepared in a Mercer Hotel room for the Michael Kors show at Lincoln Center, swathed in a white robe, under a ring light, with racks of dresses and vertiginous heels nearby. She is widely credited

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In Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Dracula,’ There’s Mirth Amid the Horror

At the Noël Coward Theater in London, Cynthia Erivo appears in a sports tank top and pants, a blank sartorial canvas that is transformed with wigs and period garb. A black-clad camera crew records her every move and projects it on a vast screen; real-time footage is spliced with recorded

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'Marshals' Casts Riley Green in 'Yellowstone' Spin-off

Marshals, the first official Yellowstone sequel, follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) after he steps away from the Dutton ranch and joins a specialized group of U.S. Marshals charged with protecting Montana. The new series adds Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, and Tatanka Means to the cast, while Gil Birmingham and

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The ‘Scrubs’ Reboot and Six Things to Watch This Week

Here is a selection of TV shows and specials airing or streaming this week, Feb. 23–March 1. The medical comedy Scrubs returns in a nine-episode reboot, with Zach Braff as J.D. and Donald Faison as Christopher at Sacred Heart Hospital; the first two episodes air back to back,

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McCartney Called Two Beatles Songs Fillers

Paul McCartney has been unusually candid about some of The Beatles' early work, singling out two tracks he later regarded as album fillers: "Hold Me Tight" and "What You're Doing." He noted that not every song reached the same standard, even as the

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Millennials and denim trends: Why your jeans suddenly feel outdated

Many millennials are finding the skinny jeans they wore through the 2010s suddenly feel outdated as wider, high‑waisted “mom” styles and looser cuts come back. What once seemed timeless has become volatile: waistlines rise and fall, legs widen and narrow, and a pair you reach for daily can start

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Every Ip Man Movie, By Release Date and Chronological Order

Ip Man’s life and legacy have inspired more than a dozen films, beginning with Wilson Yip’s 2008 Ip Man starring Donnie Yen. The Yip–Yen partnership produced four films that trace more than two decades of the grandmaster’s life, while other directors and actors have offered different

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Tom Hardy’s 'Great Expectations' is richer than its Rotten Tomatoes score

In 2023, FX and the BBC brought writer Steven Knight and executive producer Tom Hardy together for a six‑part adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Critics met the modernized take with a 42% Rotten Tomatoes score. Knight’s trademark brooding aesthetic sometimes hampers the series, yet that same grim

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The Zone of Interest to Stream Free on Kanopy Next Month

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning drama, will be available to stream for free next month on Kanopy. The film is a harrowing exploration of the Holocaust that refuses to show atrocities directly, instead letting screams, gunshots and industrial hums echo beyond the frame while the Höss family

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‘The Waterfall’ Review: A Mother’s Blessing and a Daughter’s Burden

Phanésia Pharel’s wistful two-hander, starring Patrice Johnson Chevannes and Natalie Paul, examines a Haitian American family and questions of legacy. Emiliene, or Emi, the fiery matriarch, has been hospitalized after collapsing from low blood sugar during Bible study. When her lawyer daughter Bean arrives, Emi greets her from a

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Nadiya Hussain’s chicken half-moons and rice paper tteokbokki

I keep plenty of rice paper at home because it can be used in a wide variety of ways and is delicious fried. These half-moons are filled with an aromatic chicken mince, while tteokbokki is a Korean dish of chewy rice tubes often cooked in a stew; they are not

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David Bowie's 'Be My Wife' Feels Like His Most Vulnerable Lyrics

One can’t go very long in a conversation about pop or rock music without mentioning David Bowie. His originality—shaped by constant travel, changing relationships, and a willingness to blend genres—fed into a body of work that often drew directly from his personal life. “Be My Wife,” the

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'Strange New Worlds' Season 4 Must Succeed for Star Trek's Future

Star Trek reaches its 60th year in 2026, yet the franchise's current state is cause for concern. Since The Original Series premiered in 1966 the property has grown into one of the biggest sci‑fi franchises, split between classic and modern eras; after Enterprise ended in 2005 to

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Regina Hall’s Understated Turn in One Battle After Another Deserved More

One Battle After Another has emerged as an awards-season juggernaut with 13 Academy Award nominations and a stacked cast, yet one supporting performance has been frequently overlooked. Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Teyana Taylor earned nominations, but the film’s four acting nods feel narrow given the

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10 Best Crime-Mystery Shows of All Time, Ranked

Crime mysteries have a strange hold over viewers. Even when one knows the ending might be bleak, people still press play and hope to make sense of what comes next. When done right, the genre is addictive: the best series make every clue matter, let every character contribute to the

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Alan Cumming to Host the BAFTAs

Alan Cumming will host the EE BAFTA Film Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, Feb. 22. The Scottish actor, whose work spans film, theater, television and cabaret, said he thinks of himself as an outsider and credits that perspective with sustaining his career. 'What’s amazing

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Kennedy Center Show Canceled After Unknown Substance Poured on Rink

An unknown dark liquid was poured onto a temporary outdoor ice rink at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts late Thursday night, prompting the cancellation of a performance by the Canadian skating troupe Le Patin Libre. The U.S. Park Police said it responded to a call

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Could a Sequel to Mark Wahlberg's The Italian Job Still Happen?

Mark Wahlberg's 2003 heist film The Italian Job remains a high point of his career 23 years later. Since that release he has appeared in over 45 films, added producing credits, earned an Oscar nomination, married and had four children, launched businesses, and received a star on the

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Timothée Chalamet's Oscar Chances Hurt by BAFTA Upset

BAFTA night shook up a crowded awards season and delivered a surprising setback for Timothée Chalamet. He entered the evening as the presumed frontrunner in Best Actor after wins at the Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globes for his turn in Josh Safdie’s sports dramedy, but the Leading Actor

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Ridley Scott’s $403.4 Million Sci-Fi Epic Dominates Netflix Worldwide

Nearly 15 years after it first hit theaters and sparked online debate, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus has returned to the top spot on Netflix worldwide, with FlixPatrol listing it as the platform’s #1 movie. Scott’s divisive sci-fi epic revisits the universe he helped create with Alien but pivots

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Tour Montparnasse Gets a Long-Awaited Makeover

For 53 years the Tour Montparnasse has smudged the Paris skyline — a 689-foot, cigar-brown tower that remains the lone skyscraper in low-rise Paris. Now the unpopular landmark and its neglected commercial base are due for a major overhaul: a consortium called Nouvelle AOM will reshape the tower with lighter, more

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8 Most Shocking Psychological Thriller Movies of the 21st Century

Psychological thrillers turn characters' own minds into battlefields, drawing on roots in Gothic writers like Edgar Allan Poe and the cinematic work of Alfred Hitchcock. While classics such as The Sixth Sense, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver, and Fight Club shaped the form, this roundup