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‘Fred Had a Lot of Heroes.’ A Conversation with Joanne Rogers, Mister Rogers’ Wife
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a film about legendary children’s television host Fred Rogers, comes to theaters next week. We’ll publish our full review

Culture Clips: Disney+ Storms Into 10 Million Homes … but Not Without Problems
Remember that big ol’ Imperial Cruiser that fills the screen at the beginning of the original Star Wars movie? Yeah, that’s a little like what

Apple TV + Review: What to Expect
They call it streaming. But right now, the glut of entertainment services coming is less a stream and more a raging river. With some streaming

Midway Wins Weekend Battle Over Doctor Sleep
For Doctor Sleep, Nov. 11 will be a day that lives in infamy. As part of an all-out freshman assault on theaters this weekend, Warner

What’s Streaming in November 2019 (a.k.a. Disney+ Streams Your Childhood)
The holidays are blowing in quickly—along with snow days, fall breaks and all those outlier relatives who tend to show up for free meals and

Culture Clips: Little Mermaid Live … Sinks
Sad that you missed The Little Mermaid Live! on ABC last night? Yeah, well, you can save your tears. Even though nine million people tuned

Technology That Helps You
A few months ago, my husband convinced me to buy Amazon’s Echo Dot. I was skeptical at first. To be honest, I didn’t want Alexa

Terminator is Back. Barely.
Terminator: Dark Fate was as good as its name this weekend. Despite four new movies and a couple of strong holdovers, the latest chapter in

When Videogames Go to School
It wasn’t that long ago that everybody from parents to clergymen to U.S. senators were all aflutter about the kid-destroying characteristics of videogames. These days,

Culture Clips: A Sad Goodbye
Truett Foster McKeehan, eldest son of Christian hip hop artist TobyMac, died suddenly Oct. 23 at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. As the artist and
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