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Tracy Morgan in The Last O.G. "I'm feeling great, I'm feeling blessed. What's more important for me, is to make sure [my audience is] feeling good," he tells NPR.

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'The Last O.G.' Is 'About Second Chances,' Tracy Morgan Says

5:29pm April 07, 2018

by James Doubek

After recovering from a terrible traffic accident in 2014, The Last O.G. is Morgan's first major role since 30 Rock. He plays a man fresh out of prison adapting to a changed Brooklyn.

Tweet Us Your Best, Whether Dark Or In Jest, Poems Up To 140, And We'll Do The Rest

12:25pm April 07, 2018

by Emma Bowman

April is National Poetry Month and we're asking our readers to help us celebrate. We supply the hashtag — you fill our feeds with your mini works of art.

After marrying in 1960 and divorcing in 1968, Harold Holland and Lillian Barnes are remarrying each other this year.

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A Half-Century After Getting Divorced, This Couple Is Heading Back Down The Aisle

12:06pm April 07, 2018

Love came full circle for Lillian Barnes and Harold Holland, who divorced in 1968 but are getting remarried this year.

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detail from the cover of Jo Nesbo's Macbeth

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'This Guy Had Really Done A Great Job Before I Started': Jo Nesbo's 'Macbeth'

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Scott Detrow

The Norwegian crime novelist says he tries to avoid other people's ideas. Then he was offered the chance to adapt one of Shakespeare's masterpieces.

In this image released by HBO, Al Pacino portrays Joe Paterno in Paterno, a film about the late Penn State football coach. The movie directed by Barry Levinson debuts April 7.

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Barry Levinson's 'Paterno' Examines A Coach's Passion, And His Complicity

8:11am April 07, 2018

by Scott Detrow

The Penn State coach's fall from grace is depicted in a new HBO movie, Paterno, directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino.

Ohio Gov. and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks at a town hall meeting in Ohio in 2016.

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Not My Job: Gov. John Kasich Get Quizzed On K-Tel

7:36am April 07, 2018

The governor of Ohio faces three questions about the company which invented the infomercial (and also made those '70s music compilation albums like 25 Polka Greats).

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'The Recovering' Chronicles Addiction In Lush, Caressing Detail

7:00am April 07, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

Author Leslie Jamison's new memoir of her years of alcoholism walks in the paths of drunken icons like Raymond Carver and John Cheever, describing the effects of intoxicants with gorgeous, exact care.

Nicola Walker as DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten.

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'Unforgotten' Is The Detective Show You Didn't Know You Needed

5:00am April 07, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Unforgotten, a new series on PBS that comes from the UK, is a satisfying mystery about secrets. And while it has some things in common with American prestige television, it also stands alone.

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Meg Wolitzer's 'Female Persuasion' Honors The Women Who Helped Her On Her Way

4:48pm April 06, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Wolitzer's new novel tells the story of two women: an 18-year-old college freshman and the famous feminist who befriends and inspires her.

Al Pacino plays Penn State football legend Joe Paterno and Kathy Baker plays his wife, Sue, in the HBO movie Paterno.

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'Paterno' And 'Killing Eve' Bring Complexity And Intrigue To Cable

4:20pm April 06, 2018

by David Bianculli

Critic David Bianculli highlights two new TV dramas: an HBO film starring Al Pacino as Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and an eight-part BBC America series about a sociopathic killer.

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