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Review: 'Klara and the Sun,' by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro; Knopf (320 pages, $28)———Klara, the narrator of the new novel by Kazuo ... Read More
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Around the remote: Chuck Barney's TV and streaming picks for March 21-27
DON'T MISS: "Genius: Aretha" — All hail the Queen of Soul. Cynthia Erivo delivers a spellbinding performance in this four-night limited series that delves into the life and incomparable career of the late Aretha Franklin...Read more
My worst moment: 'Resident Alien' star Alan Tudyk and the time the lyrics to Billy Joel's 'Piano Man' hit waaay too close to home
On the Syfy series “Resident Alien,” Alan Tudyk stars as the title character, who disguises himself in human form after crash-landing on Earth. A small Colorado town, to be exact. Everything about the place baffles or ...Read more
Mary McNamara: This TV creator has never met his stars. But his show is making waves in Hollywood
Speaking with Simon Evans on Zoom, it is difficult not to wonder when Michael Sheen, David Tennant or (wouldn't it be glorious?) Judi Dench is going to drop in and yell at you.
Never mind that Evans has never met Sheen ("...Read more
Review: 'Death Grip,' by Elaine Viets
"Death Grip" by Elaine Viets; Severn (208 pages, $28.99)
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The wealthy St. Louis suburb of Chouteau Forest is known for its beautiful homes and well-kept lawns, but it also is known as a place that guards its ...Read more
Redbox's Top 10 DVD rentals
The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of March 8:
1. The Croods: A New Age — Universal
2. Monster Hunter (2020) — Sony
3. Crisis — Redbox Entertainment
4. Fatale (2020) — Lionsgate
5. Greenland ...Read more
An excerpt of 'Murder in Canaryville: The True Story Behind a Cold Case and a Chicago Cover-Up'
There are many tragic murder cases that have become lodged in Chicago’s collective memory.
There are also many that have been forgetten, lost to history without a closer look into what really happened.
One of those was...Read more
Marvel Comics to introduce gay Captain America in new series
Marvel Comics is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Captain America with a gay teen superhero.
The publishing company said in a press release that its newest hero, Aaron Fischer, is making his debut June 2. He’ll be ...Read more
Review: 'Little Disasters,' by Sarah Vaughan
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan. (Emily Bestner Books/Atria, 420 pages, $17.)
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What would you do if one of your dear, trusted friends was suspected of harming her baby?
Liz, a pediatrician who went through ...Read more
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg talk cannabis, creativity and a lot of lost lighters
Longtime friends Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, whose creative work together includes "Superbad," "The Interview," "This Is the End" and the weed-centric film "Pineapple Express," turned their attention to a decidedly ...Read more
Review: 'Are We There Yet?' by Kathleen West
The age-old tensions among parents (well — mostly moms), kids and the academic world make for fertile ground, to which Kathleen West has returned after her dissection of high school histrionics in "Minor Dramas & Other ...Read more
Attuned to the Earth's moods, revered Native writer N. Scott Momaday sounds an alarm
N. Scott Momaday captures not only how a landscape looks but how it lives. How dawn paints a canyon wall. How dusk shifts a valley's mood.
In decades of prose and poetry, he describes the spirit of a place.
That place, ...Read more
Taurus Moon Rules St. Patrick's Day
Saint Patrick of Ireland was kidnapped, enslaved and starved before finally being reunited with his family and ultimately helping thousands of Irish people survive horrific circumstances. The role of luck is debatable ...Read more
$1 million winning lottery ticket was in winner's vehicle for two months
(UPI) A Kansas lottery player said their ticket for the Holiday Millionaire Raffle sat forgotten in their vehicle for more than two months before they discovered it was a $1 million grant prize winner.
The Osage County ...Read more
Cave-harvested Turkish honey dubbed world's most expensive
(UPI) A Turkish company set a Guinness World Record for the world's most expensive honey with a cave-harvested variety priced at over $5,400 per pound.
Guinness said Centauri Honey, which is harvested from a cave more ...Read more
Nova Scotia boy finds message in a bottle from 1995
(UPI) A Nova Scotia, Canada, boy having a backyard campfire discovered a message in a bottle that was tossed into the water more than 50 miles away 25 years earlier.
Nyima Mitchell, 8, said was at his family's home in ...Read more
Moose on the loose forcibly evicted from Utah neighborhood
(UPI) Police in Utah were summoned to a residential neighborhood to help eject an unusual trespasser: a 900-pound bull moose.
Centerville Police said officers were called Sunday morning to keep the moose away from ...Read more
Mary McNamara: Why I'm not wholeheartedly celebrating Oscar's 'historic first' for female directors
On Monday morning, two women were nominated for Oscars in directing, and it rained.
And perhaps someday, one of those things will not be news. (Rain in Los Angeles will always be news.)
But that "someday" is not this day...Read more
Dog driver blamed for crashing owner's Jeep into Wisconsin building
(UPI) A Jeep crashed into a building in Wisconsin and the incident is being blamed on the inexperience of the vehicle's driver: a dog.
Sturgeon Bay Police said officers responded Wednesday to art museum Pearl of Door ...Read more
WATCH: Pepper crop destroyed by hail storm rescued by hot sauce company
(UPI) A Minnesota farmer whose crop was badly damaged by a hail storm ended up having the harvest rescued by a company that turned the damaged peppers into a special hot sauce.
Dana Jokela, owner of Sogn Farm in Cannon ...Read more
Actor Elliot Page reveals how the pandemic helped him become 'fully who I am'
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Elliot Page is reflecting on how the lockdown helped him to emerge as his authentic self.
Isolation gave the actor, who came forward as transgender in December, the time and space to ...Read more
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