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In The Front Runner, Hugh Jackman plays Gary Hart, whose 1987 presidential campaign was swiftly derailed by reports of an extramarital affair. Frank Masi/Sony Pictures hide caption

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What 'The Front Runner' And Gary Hart Tell Us About Political Theater Today

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Remembering Master Magician And Sleight-Of-Hand Artist Ricky Jay

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First-time actress Yalitza Aparicio plays Cleo, the live-in housekeeper and nanny of a middle-class Mexican family, in Roma. Alfonso Cuarón/Netflix hide caption

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Overly Orchestrated 'Roma' Is An Epic Of Everyday Life In Mexico

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Amber Ruffin appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption

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Amber Ruffin Says What!?

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Michelle Wolf appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Nickolai Hammer/NPR hide caption

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Michelle Wolf: Doing It For The People

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Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and Vanellope (voiced by Sarah Silverman) take their friendship to the great expanse of the internet in Ralph Breaks the Internet. Disney hide caption

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'Ralph Breaks the Internet': Real Great Or Clickbait?

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Thursday

Here We Come A-Shambling: Ella Hunt plays Anna, a young woman caught in a zombie outbreak that's got a good beat and is easy to dance to, in Anna and the Apocalypse. Gerardo Jaconelli/Orion Pictures hide caption

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Tom Schiller plays artist Kurt Barnert, a character modeled on Gerhard Richter, in this old-fashioned melodrama from writer-director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption

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"Drawing has made it possible for me to stay close to Joy when she is no longer here," Jonathan Santlofer writes in his memoir, The Widower's Notebook. Courtesy of Jonathan Santlofer hide caption

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Author And Artist Illustrates Life After A Sudden Death In 'Widower's Notebook'

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Hundreds of public housing residents are becoming food entrepreneurs thanks to Food Business Pathways, a free 10-week program that offers food-loving New York City Housing Authority residents customized business training and resources. New York City Housing Authority hide caption

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Cover image of Come With Me, by Helen Schulman. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption

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'Come With Me' Lays Bare The Risks And Regrets Of Our Online Lives

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