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** FILE ** In this 1963 file photo, mystery author Agatha Christie is shown in London. (AP Photo, file) ORG XMIT: NYET201

8 reasons we’re still reading mystery writer Agatha Christie after 100 years

October 21, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

I've had the good fortune to fall in love with Agatha Christie's murder mysteries twice. I was in grade school when my grandmother introduced me to the writer whose more...

Are you being watched? 7 of the best paranoid thrillers of the 1970s

October 9, 2020 at 2:16 p.m.

My job requires me to be open to all kinds of movies, but if asked about my favorites I will not hesitate to say the paranoid thrillers of the 1970s....

Making Gyms Safer: Why the Virus Is Less Likely to Spread There Than in a Bar.

No more excuses for not exercising

October 5, 2020 at 2:42 p.m.

When the pandemic started, we sat too much, ate too much and drank too much. But trainer/dietitian Anika Christ says it's time to quit using COVID-19 as an excuse. Sure,...

This image released by NBC shows Bowen Yang as Andrew Yang, from left, Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris, and Colin Jost as Pete Buttigieg during the "Democratic Debate" cold open on "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 21, 2019. Rudolph won the award for outstanding guest actress in a comedy series during the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. (Will Heath/NBC via AP)

10 best political impressions in ‘Saturday Night Live’ history

October 2, 2020 at 8:46 a.m.

"Saturday Night Live" couldn't return to the studio this weekend without recruiting a big star to play Joe Biden. News that Jim Carrey will temporarily join the cast to portray...

Julianne Moore appears in "The Glorias" by Julie Taymor, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Review: Offbeat biopic has four different actors portray feminist Steinem in ‘The Glorias’

September 29, 2020 at 3:34 p.m.

"The Glorias" is an offbeat biographical tribute that feels like it wants to be offbeater. It's about Gloria Steinem and, as the title hints, we get multiple versions of her....

Behind the scenes during the making of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times,’ his ‘masterwork’ just reissued

September 27, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

His second movie, "Under the Cherry Moon," had just bombed at the box office. His engagement to singer Susannah Melvoin had ended. And Prince had dismissed his longtime backup band,...

Wendy Melvoin, left, and Lisa Coleman, of Prince's longtime backing band, at their studio in Hollywood on June 12, 2017.

Massive reissue of Prince’s best album shows he had ‘no time for self-pity’ in 1987

September 25, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.

His second movie, "Under the Cherry Moon," had just bombed at the box office. His engagement to singer Susannah Melvoin had ended. And Prince had dismissed his longtime backup band,...

Demand for portable sanitation equipment has changed during the pandemic. With so many outdoor events canceled, fewer restrooms are needed for things like fairs, concerts and weddings.

Are portable potties safe during the pandemic?

September 22, 2020 at 12:38 p.m.

When you gotta go, you gotta go. Portable restrooms are nearby, but are they safe in the COVID era? We asked a sanitation expert. Q. Has demand increased? A. Demand...

Claiming her dumb-blonde persona was just an act, Hilton tries to show ‘the real Paris’

September 11, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

When "The Simple Life" debuted in 2003, I described it as a new low in reality TV with "bubble-headed party girls who wouldn't know which end of the champagne bottle...

Former Husker Du and Sugar frontman Bob Mould performs in the Tolhuistuin venue in November 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Bob Mould announces massive post-Husker Du box sets

August 14, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

If you haven't kept up with Bob Mould's music career since he quit Husker Du and left Minneapolis at the end of the 1980s, here's a chance to enjoy it...

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