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Billy Preston’s life was a gospel of joy — and a blues of survival
“Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is, by turns, heartbreaking and inspirational. Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paris...
“Man on the Run” tracks Paul McCartney’s long road back after The Beatles
Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville, director of the new “Man on the Run” documentary on Paul McCartney, joined host Kenneth Womack...
Eric Dane, dies at 53
Actor Eric Dane, who rose to fame as Dr. Mark Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy,” died Thursday afternoon following a battle...
And America’s worst top role model is . . . Tyra Banks
Somehow, I completely forgot about The Girl Who Was Coerced into Oral Surgery. That isn’t an official “America’s Next Top...
“Toy Story 5” trailer: Threat of “iPad kids” worries old-school toys
A newer, flashier toy posing a threat to the established order has been a running theme of the “Toy Story”...
Jeffrey Epstein helped fuel the campus culture wars
For almost two decades, the fiction of a widespread plague of illiberalism and woke overreach on college campuses has captured...
How lipstick became music’s most versatile symbol
“I nail my mouth to the evil taste of lipstick, inhale the scent of someone else’s lipstick…” Wadded up Kleenex...
This Winter Olympics is for moms
The motherhood penalty can be detrimental to a woman’s career. From fewer opportunities to be promoted to perceived competence at...
“By Design” targets modern apathy with a supernaturally stylish twist
If you could open my head like a cookie jar, there’s a good chance that the logline for Amanda Kramer’s...
How extremists reconquered Idaho in the age of Trump—and how some locals are fighting back
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