Nick Nolte and Mac Davis in a scene from the film North Dallas Forty from 1979. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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Wednesday
Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages one of her father's "deaths" in Dick Johnson Is Dead. Netflix hide caption
Filmmaker Faces Her Father's Mortality By Staging His 'Death' Again And Again
Filmmaker Radha Blank stars as a fictionalized version of herself in The Forty-Year-Old Version. The film, which began as a Web series, was inspired by Blank's own experience as a playwright and rapper in Harlem. Jeong Park/Netflix hide caption
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'The Forty-Year-Old Version' Is Fast, Funny, Multi-Faceted And No Small Feat
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'The Forty-Year-Old Version' Is Fast, Funny, Multi-Faceted And No Small Feat
Helen Reddy, performing in London in 1974. Ian Dickson/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Writer Kevin Young has been named The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. "Having visited the museum myself with my family, I know what a powerful place it is, transforming visitors both in-person and online, and revealing the centrality of African American culture to the American experience," Young says. Alan Karchmer/National Museum of African American History and Culture hide caption
A new book tells the story behind Operation Varsity Blues, the largest college admissions scandal ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest ... you know what, never mind. I'm good." Michael (Jim Parsons) and Donald (Matt Bomer) in The Boys in the Band. Scott Everett White/NETFLIX hide caption
Bolin, Korra, and Mako are three of the heroes in the Nickelodeon series The Legend of Korra. Nickelodeon hide caption
Tuesday
Left to Right: Naji, Ibrahim, Ahmed, Adeebah, Rahaf, Ammal and Hala Aldabaan in their Connecticut home. Maher Mahmood hide caption
A Syrian Refugee Family's Resettlement In The U.S. Is Captured In Graphic Novel
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life, by Jonathan Alter Simon & Schuster hide caption
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying on July 24, 2019 before a House Judiciary Committee hearing about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Getty Images hide caption
A Lead Prosecutor On Mueller's Team Weighs In On Where The Investigation Fell Short
Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam Harper Collins hide caption
'Leave The World Behind' Is A Signature Novel For This Blasted Year
Get Well Soon! is an online artwork of more than 200,000 comments from the GoFundMe website. Visit the Get Well Soon! site. Sam Lavigne and Tega Brain hide caption
Artists Turn GoFundMe Comments Into A 'Get Well Soon!' Card For A Sick System
Monday
The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas. Illustration by Tatiana Gardel/www.tatianagardel.com hide caption