culture

Encore: Grilling is easier than you think. Here's how to start

4:43pm June 15, 2022

Intimidated by grilling? In this guide, learn the basics from which type of grill to choose, to how to maintain a fire and create different temperature zones, to tips on tools and safety.

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'River of the Gods' captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile

1:19pm June 15, 2022

by Dave Davies

Writer Candice Millard tells the dramatic story of two 19th-century British explorers who spent years trekking through East Africa, enduring injury and illness in a search for the source of the Nile.

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Jeff Bridges makes a triumphant return to TV in 'The Old Man'

1:19pm June 15, 2022

by David Bianculli

Bridges plays a former CIA operative who re-surfaces after decades off the grid in FX's seven-episode miniseries. The Old Man will hook you with its slow build and shifting perspectives.

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard attending the trial in Fairfax, Va.

Arts

Amber Heard says social media was a factor for her defamation trial jury

7:48am June 15, 2022

Appearing on NBC's Today show, the actress said she stands by the testimony she gave in the trial against former husband Johnny Depp.

For pianist Vadim Neselovskyi, Ukraine war adds urgency to his most personal work

6:21am June 15, 2022

by Nate Chinen

On a new album, Odesa, written in tribute to his father, the pianist, former child prodigy and composer also paints a portrait of the album's namesake, currently in the midst of a Russian invasion.

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K-pop sensation BTS is going on a break but promises to return

5:42pm June 14, 2022

The boy band announced their break during a dinner filmed for social media. The group officially debuted in 2013.

An audio producer is this poet's unsung hero

4:20pm June 14, 2022

My Unsung Hero tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Poet Joy Ladin's found her unsung hero in an audio producer.

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Tips for trying to learn a 'heritage language'

2:06pm June 14, 2022

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Have you ever tried to learn another language? If so, you know how tough it can be. Now imagine trying to learn another language everyone already expects you to know.

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A Black woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Tampa, Fla. Black Americans have died of the disease at a rate more than double that of white people.

'1619 Project' journalist lays bare why Black Americans 'live sicker and die quicker'

1:37pm June 14, 2022

by Dave Davies

Linda Villarosa says bias in the health care system and the "weathering" affect of living in a racist society are taking a serious toll on African Americans. Her new book is Under the Skin.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari got married on Thursday. The couple is pictured here at the premiere of Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood in July 2019.

Britney Spears' ex-husband is charged with stalking after trying to crash her wedding

11:26am June 14, 2022

by Wynne Davis

Jason Alexander was Spears' first husband. The two were childhood friends but were only married for 55 hours before it was annulled. Alexander pleaded not guilty to all charges he is facing.