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Percy (Taliesin Jaffe), Pike (Ashley Johnson), Grog (Travis Willingham), Vex (Laura Bailey), Keyleth (Marisha Ray) Scanlan (Sam Riegel) and Vax (Liam O'Brien) have +2 swords, will travel.

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With 'The Legend of Vox Machina,' a Dungeons & Dragons web series rolls the dice

12:02pm January 21, 2022

by Glen Weldon

Just the Vox, ma'am: This animated fantasy series loses some of what makes the web series it's based on so richly rewarding, but those coming in fresh will get caught up in its characters and story.

Books
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'Joan Is Okay,' explores the meaning of home, having roots

12:02pm January 21, 2022

by Thúy Đinh

By exploring the spectrum of commitment in this book, and in her debut novel Chemistry, Weike Wang has shown us myriad ways to build a sense of home, myriad ways to feel okay in our skin.

Dave Eggers: How Can Kids Learn Human Skills in a Tech-Dominated World?

10:07am January 21, 2022

Fiction can serve as a window into multiple realities--to imagine different futures or understand our own past. This hour, author Dave Eggers talks tech, education, and the healing power of writing.

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Illustration of a person standing in front of a pegboard of home exercise equipment including hand weights, a tennis racket, a jump-rope, baseballs and a mat.

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22 tips for 2022: You don't need an intense workout. Small moves make a difference

6:00am January 21, 2022

by Maria Godoy

Making exercise a daily habit can feel daunting if it feels like it counts only when you go all in. Instead, remember that every small movement counts.

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A preview of this year's (virtual) Sundance Film Festival

6:09pm January 20, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

The Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday. Festival goers can expect Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut, a docuseries about comedian Bill Cosby and a number of films about reproductive rights.

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Seidi Haarla plays a Finnish archaeology student traveling by train through Russia in Compartment No. 6.

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Strangers on a train share a bumpy ride in the Finnish film 'Compartment No. 6'

5:19pm January 20, 2022

by Justin Chang

At times, Juho Kuosmanen's film plays like a scruffier, less romantic version of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise. There's tension to every scene, a sense that anything could go wrong at any moment.

Jason Bateman and Laura Linney as Marty and Wendy Byrde in Netflix's Ozark.

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Five questions that need answers in the final 'Ozark' season

4:42pm January 20, 2022

by Linda Holmes

Netflix's popular crime series is about to drop the first half of its last season. We look at five questions that hang over these seven episodes, and the seven more that will follow.

The Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue is shown in front of the American Museum of Natural History's Central Park West entrance in New York City in 2020. Removal began this week.

New York City's natural history museum has removed a Theodore Roosevelt statue

3:15pm January 20, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

New York City's American Museum of Natural History began the process of removing the controversial statue from its entrance on Tuesday night. It will be shipped to North Dakota in the coming weeks.

Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World, by Peter S. Goodman

'Davos Man' is an angry, powerful look at economic inequality

11:40am January 20, 2022

by Michael Schaub

New York Times writer Peter S. Goodman does not like Davos Man. At all. And his new book does an excellent job explaining why — focusing on the rich getting richer as the COVID-19 pandemic raged.

Carrie Coon plays Bertha Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age.

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'The Gilded Age' gives old New York money the HBO treatment

9:30am January 20, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The new series The Gilded Age, from the creator of Downton Abbey, takes a big, talented cast to 1882 New York for a story about money and class.