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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
Teens and Tweens Can’t Get Enough Ninja Videos (and Anything Else on YouTube)
Movies? TV? Those things are soooo 2015 for today’s youth. YouTube is where it’s at. That’s what Common Sense Media found in its fresh-off-the-presses 2019
Is This Joker’s Last Laugh?
Maybe it’s only appropriate for a character that’s been around since 1940: Warner Bros.’ Joker just won’t go away. The supervillain origin story laughed all
A Plugged In Conversation With Jessie Minassian
Being a tween or teen has probably never been an easy thing. But the pressures faced by adolescents today—especially girls—are amplified in many ways by
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