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'Escapology' Gets Weird Fast. And Did We Mention The Sharks?

1:35pm June 09, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

Ren Warom's tale of AIs, genius hackers, corporate crime and the occasional sea creature uses familiar building blocks to create a wild, loud, corkscrewing story that builds to a bloody conclusion.

O.J. Simpson with his mother, Eunice, and father, Jimmy Lee, on the field at Rich Stadium for his induction into the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame in 1980.

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'O.J.: Made In America' Is About America, Not O.J.

12:14pm June 09, 2016

by Linda Holmes

The five-part, 7 1/2-hour documentary series O.J.: Made in America presents an expansive, meticulously constructed examination of the O.J. Simpson trial as an enduring, vexing cultural milestone.

Pan-seared buffalo tenderloin with a corn and sweet potato hash and chimichurri sauce is served up at The Local, a restaurant in Jackson, Wyo.

Beyond Bison Burgers: Around Yellowstone, The National Mammal Is Local Cuisine

11:09am June 09, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Bison sliders, bison bratwurst, hot-off-the-grill bison ribeye — around Jackson, Wyo., it's not hard to find this shaggy beast's meat on menus. (Don't worry: It's all farm-raised.)

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'The Hatred Of Poetry' Feels Personal

7:00am June 09, 2016

by Annalisa Quinn

Novelist Ben Lerner takes on poetry in his new book, an academic dissection of the ways we love and hate that ancient art. But sometimes he seems like he's talking about his own thinly-veiled hatred.

Alfredo Castro (left) and Luis Silva star in From Afar, a thriller from Caracas that blends social and sexual politics.

Arts

'From Afar' Draws You In By Holding You At Arm's Length

6:29pm June 08, 2016

by Bob Mondello

A relationship drama with societal implications marks a striking debut for first-time writer director Lorenzo Vigas. Like the film's leading man, he'll draw you in by holding you at a slight remove.

Actors Theresa Saldana and Joe Pesci in the 1980 film Raging Bull. Saldana died at the age of 61.

Arts

Actress, Victims Advocate Theresa Saldana Dies At 61

5:06pm June 08, 2016

by Andrew Limbong

Saldana was in films such as Raging Bull. In 1982, she was stabbed 10 times by an obsessed fan. She survived the attack and later helped start support groups for other victims of violent crimes.

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'Infomocracy' Is A Sci-Fi Thriller With Election-Year Chills

4:15pm June 08, 2016

by Jason Heller

Malka Older's new book takes place at the end of the 21st century, in a future where the game of politics has become more streamlined — but infinitely more complex and terrifying.

Beyonce inked a $50 million endorsement deal with Pepsi in 2012.

This Is How Much Celebrities Get Paid To Endorse Soda And Unhealthy Food

3:49pm June 08, 2016

by Allison Aubrey

Beyonce got $50 million to push Pepsi. Justin Timberlake: $6 million in a deal with McDonald's. A study describes the lucrative deals celebs popular with teens and young adults inked to sell food.

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Alejandra Cartagena's photograph Fragmented Cities, Juarez #2 was the inspiration for Freeman's Cartagena vanilla ice cream and sorbet trio.

Copycake: When Food Art Ideas Get Swiped

2:29pm June 08, 2016

by Heidi Glenn

Caitlin Freeman made a name for herself selling modern art-inspired pastries at the SFMOMA. The museum's cafe just reopened with a new caterer — whose desserts look suspiciously familiar.

They May Not Mean To But They Do by Cathleen Schine

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'They May Not Mean To' Is A Wry, Warm Look At The Indignities Of Aging

10:24am June 08, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

Cathleen Schine's new novel stars that literary rarity: a functional family. But matriarch Joy is struggling; her husband is ailing and her worried children don't like seeing their parents' decline.