Arts

When A Martinez's new work desk looked barren, he picked up this statue of The Flash at a comic book store.

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Every superhero has an origin story. So does every superhero's superfan. Here's mine.

5:03pm June 16, 2023

by A Martínez

"I always made the decision to run, and I usually got away." A Martinez found a relatable and human superhero in The Flash, and grew up to be a superfan.

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A critically ill girl got to see her dad, thanks to an office worker who stayed late

4:40pm June 16, 2023

Daniel Willingham was on the road when his wife called that their hospitalized child. A young man gave up his evening so that he could get his passport to be with his sick daughter a little sooner.

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In episode "Demon 79" an employee at a department store (Anjana Vasan) is visited by an apprentice demon (Paapa Essiedu).

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5 new 'Black Mirror' episodes have dropped — and there's not a dud in the bunch

1:52pm June 16, 2023

by David Bianculli

These are the first new Black Mirror episodes since before the pandemic. The show continues to be among the best anthology TV series ever made.

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The author and his dad in Massachusetts in 1995.

Sports
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Fake stats, real nostalgia: Bonding with my dad through simulation baseball

8:44am June 16, 2023

by Joshua Willis

The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.

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Wes Anderson has outdone himself with 'Asteroid City'

5:00am June 16, 2023

by Justin Chang

Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Hanks star in this play-within-a-TV-show-within-a-movie that takes place in a small 1950s desert town that's hosting an astronomy convention for kids.

Editor to many great authors, Robert Gottlieb has died at 92

4:55pm June 15, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

Robert Gottlieb was the editor of powerful authors like Robert Caro, Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller and Nora Ephron. Gottlieb has died at age 92.

Wes Anderson's sci-fi 'Asteroid City' stays true to his look and feel

4:55pm June 15, 2023

by Bob Mondello

A Junior Stargazer convention is hit by world-changing events in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City, a comedy with an all-star cast including Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton and Bryan Cranston.

In a major win for tribal sovereignty, Supreme Court upholds Indian Child Welfare Act

4:28pm June 15, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act. The case involved a challenge to the law, which gives priority to Native tribes when Native children are adopted.

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