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There are strange, ironic and sometimes obvious origins of the 32 NFL team names, from frontier icons and bird metaphors to ...
Shawn Levy’s biography of Clint Eastwood explores revelatory connections between the filmmaker’s methods and his deep-rooted world view.
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You might not need all 10 fingers — or even both hands — to count the number of figures who have been as impactful on rock history as Ozzy Osbourne. As frontman for the legend ...
The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival returns this year, just in time for spooky season.The eighth annual street ...
During the height of Prohibition, Newport, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, was as naughty as it gets. Gangsters and ...
For one of the first articles I ever wrote in Baltimore, approximately 35 years ago, I interviewed casting director Pat Moran ...
Fevers, fatigue, and a changing complexion? Why modern doctors are still trying to make sense of the symptoms the celebrated ...
This gripping and informative Michael Keaton-fronted limited series was based on the non-fiction book 'Dopesick: Dealers, ...
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Can Americans Love Poetry Again?

Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...
The inspiration for a theater production about siblings caring for their father at the end of life is not autobiographical for Davey White.
However, not all horror shows are made equal. The most disturbing horror TV shows of all time don’t just scare, they traumatize. They burrow into pop culture consciousness with unsettling imagery, ...