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Classic LA noir meets the #MeToo era in the suspense novel 'Everybody Knows'

1:36pm January 26, 2023

by Maureen Corrigan

Jordan Harper's hardboiled plot centers on a "black-bag publicist" who works for a prestige crisis management firm, putting out fires and quieting scandals for Hollywood's elite.

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Search and rescue teams have conducted 233 missions since 2017, with eight fatalities, on Mt. Baldy, the highest peak among the San Gabriel Mountains.

Rescue crews start a new search for actor Julian Sands after recovering another hiker

10:17am January 26, 2023

by Emily Olson

Sands, the 65-year-old star of A Room with a View, disappeared while hiking in Southern California. After 13 days, authorities are resuming a search "by air only" amid weather warnings.

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'After Sappho' brings women in history to life to claim their stories

7:09am January 26, 2023

by Rhoda Feng

Selby Wynn Schwartz's debut, longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, is partly a love letter to Virginia Woolf and poet Sappho, partly a work of literary criticism and partly a speculative biography.

People enjoy nonalcoholic old fashioned cocktails from a recipe by mixologist Derek Brown during the Mindful Drinking Fest in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21.

This drinks festival doesn't have alcohol. That's why hundreds of people came

5:06am January 26, 2023

by Bill Chappell

One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.

Anderson says her memoir started out as a poem before she crafted it into a book.

Pamela Anderson on her new memoir — and why being underestimated is a secret weapon

5:01am January 26, 2023

Pamela Anderson, the Playboy Playmate and TV star who became one of the most famous sex symbols of all time, has written a book about herself. And it was her sons who gave her the idea.

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Gel nail polish is popular for its durability, but needs to dry under a UV light. A new study raises questions about the potential health risks of those devices.

UV nail dryers may pose cancer risks, a study says. Here are precautions you can take

5:00am January 26, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

A new study finds that UV dryers for gel nail polish can damage DNA and mutate cells, confirming dermatologists' safety concerns. There are precautions you can take and alternatives to consider.

The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

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Odesa and other sites are added to the list of World Heritage In Danger

2:10pm January 25, 2023

by Elizabeth Blair

Odesa in Ukraine has been added to the cultural sites that UNESCO is highlighting. Also being included are ancient sites in Lebanon and Yemen.

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Natasha Lyonne shows off her 'Poker Face' in a clever series inspired by 'Columbo'

1:24pm January 25, 2023

by David Bianculli

Lyonne plays a cocktail waitress with an odd psychic power: She can sense when people aren't telling the truth, which makes her a great (accidental) detective in this delightful new Peacock series.

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The Texas and the ATF flags fly at half staff April 23, 1993, over the only structure left standing after a fire destroyed the the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas on April 19.

30 years after the siege, 'Waco' examines what led to the catastrophe

1:24pm January 25, 2023

by Dave Davies

Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

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In Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie Cale, a casino worker who is gifted at knowing when people are lying.

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No lie: Natasha Lyonne is unforgettable in 'Poker Face'

11:01am January 25, 2023

by Linda Holmes

Natasha Lyonne is a Columbo-like accidental visitor to crime after crime in a case-of-the-week show arriving on Peacock with an impressive roster of guest stars.