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Richard Gadd in Baby Reindeer on Netflix. Netflix hide caption
Jon Bon Jovi at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn., in 2013. David Bergman/Hulu hide caption
Bon Jovi docuseries 'Thank You, Goodnight' is an argument for respect
Joanna Smith was sentenced today for defacing the case of Edgar Degas' Little Dancer sculpture in 2023. National Gallery of Art hide caption
Cookie in the Kitchen's cookie collection riffing on Taylor Swift's relationship with football player Travis Kelce. Cookie in the Kitchen hide caption
Art (Mike Faist), Tashi (Zendaya) and Patrick (Josh O'Connor) are embroiled in a love triangle in Challengers. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures hide caption
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Watch a tense romantic triangle play out on the tennis court in 'Challengers'
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Watch a tense romantic triangle play out on the tennis court in 'Challengers'
The trees in this photo are amazing (and not just because they happen to be growing in a very Instagrammable heart shape around Baker Lake in Quebec, Canada.) Read on for a tree appreciation reading list for Arbor Day. Sebastien St-Jean/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
That's a tapir, if you were wondering. Kopaloff/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize; Harry How/Getty Images; Olivier Morin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People gather for a press conference about their opposition to a TikTok ban. A couple looking at a cake. Brendan Smialowski / AFP; George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Zendaya stars as Tashi in Challengers. Niko Tavernise/Amazon MGM Studios hide caption
Richard Gadd as Donny in Baby Reindeer. The new Netflix series is based on Gadd's autobiographical one-man show. Netflix hide caption
From left, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan and Diplo are among the more than 280 musicians who signed a letter to senators in support of concert ticketing reforms. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Leon Bennett/Getty Images for MBJx David Yurman hide caption
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein ,appearing in a Los Angeles courtroom in Oct. 2022. Etienne Laurent/Getty Images hide caption
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 sex crimes conviction in New York overturned
A new collection of Emily Dickinson's letters has been published by Harvard's Belknap Press, edited by Dickinson scholars Cristanne Miller and Domhnall Mitchell. Three Lions/Getty Images hide caption
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This collection may be the closest we'll ever come to a Dickinson autobiography
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This collection may be the closest we'll ever come to a Dickinson autobiography
Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon star in the 1996 film Bound. Alamy hide caption
Taylor Swift performs onstage at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Sept. 20, 2022. Terry Wyatt/Getty Images hide caption
Barbara Walters forged a path for women in journalism, but not without paying a price
A sample of pages from chapter 9 of the book, which profiles poet and essayist Louise Glück. Penguin Press hide caption
In a collection of 40+ interviews, author Adam Moss tries to find the key to creation
Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in Starz series Mary & George. Rory Mulvey/Starz hide caption
'Mary & George' is full of schemes, schisms, corsets, and collars
Love on the Spectrum US participant Dani Bowman on a date. Courtesy of Netflix hide caption
After decades creating and publishing recipes, cookbook author Joan Nathan has released what she said is likely her final book, a cookbook and memoir called "My Life in Recipes." Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption