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Tuesday

Rosamund Pike plays Amy Dunne, whose mysterious disappearance turns her husband into a murder suspect. Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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'Gone Girl,' Take Two: The Very, Very Spoiled Edition

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Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) finds himself the chief suspect behind the shocking disappearance of his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike), on their fifth anniversary. Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption

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Daniela Chavarriaga holds her daughter Emma as Dr. Jose Rosa-Olivares administers a measles vaccination at Miami Children's Hospital. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Vaccine Controversies Are As Social As They Are Medical

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Monday

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Novelist Caitlin Moran Wryly Shows 'How To Build A Girl'

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Lena Dunham's new collection of personal essays about her relationships, friendships and obsessive-compulsive disorder has received rave reviews. Autumn de Wilde/Courtesy of Random House hide caption

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Lena Dunham On Sex, Oversharing And Writing About Lost 'Girls'

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Denzel Washington stars as a retired intelligence officer in The Equalizer. Scott Garfield/Sony Pictures hide caption

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'Equalizer' Devotes Time To Character Development, Graphic Violence

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Sunday

Theaters that call themselves 4-D use lights, moving seats, fog and even sprays of water and air to give moviegoers a unique experience — one they hope audiences will consider worthy of higher ticket prices. Ernesto López Ruiz/Courtesy of CJ E&M America hide caption

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Movie Theaters Hope To Add Another Dimension To Their Profits

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Inaugural Poet Recalls A Closeted Childhood Of Cultural Tension

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Saturday

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has directed Stereo, Crimes of the Future, Fast Company, The Brood, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, Crash, A History of Violence, A Dangerous Method and many more. Myrna Suarez/Simon & Schuster hide caption

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Virtual Reality, Corporeality Collide In Cronenberg's First Novel

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