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Book review: 'Red Hands' is either creepily satisfying or a trigger for your worst nightmare

By Elizabeth Hand
Jan 2, 2021 8:58 AM - Have we reached the point where reality and horror fiction have become too close for comfort? The premise of Christopher Golden's book "Red Hands" is eerily resonant: A novel bio-pathogen is released upon a small American town and turmoil ensues.
The 10 most-read book reviews of 2020

By Stephanie Merry
Jan 1, 2021 9:27 AM - We have our own opinions about the books worth picking up this year. But if the most popular reviews of 2020 are any indication, our readers have different thoughts on the matter. What exactly captured your attention? Controversy, celebrity gossip and book club endorsements, among other selling points.
Eight ways wine will change in 2021

By Elin McCoy
Jan 1, 2021 9:26 AM - Pink prosecco. Wines from Portugal. Champagne robot sommeliers. Here's a look at wine trends for 2021.
7 movies that do the same things 'Wonder Woman 1984' does, but better

By Michael Cavna
Jan 2, 2021 8:58 AM - "Wonder Woman 1984" landed on Christmas Day like a holiday turkducken -- a 2½-hour concoction made of many disparate parts that isn't to everyone's taste. With so many hunkering down during the pandemic, why not watch other films that explore more fully some of the plotlines and themes within "Wonder Woman 1984"? Here are seven films to search out.
TikTok, other platforms bring musical theater fan fiction to life

By Zachary Pincus-Roth
Dec 30, 2020 6:00 AM - In 2020, while Broadway is closed and TikTok is king, some of the most exciting theater was a figment of our imagination.
A call to revolutionize the workplace -- by reducing working hours

By Sheila McClear
Dec 30, 2020 6:00 AM - "Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream" by Jamie K. McCallum (Basic Books) Today, work time is scrambled for many. Employees, especially in the retail and service industries, may not get to work eight hours every day, even if they want to. Having shifts cut or extended in the middle of the workday is the norm. Schedules in the traditional sense are increasingly a thing of the past and are instead often dictated by algorithms, which can result in wonky hours, with employees sometimes given two hours of work one day and eight the next. All of this makes it challenging to plan a life - or receive a reasonably balanced paycheck that can reliably pay the bills. The loss of agency over work time is a large part of what's addressed in a new book by Jamie K. McCallum, "Worked Over: How Round-the-Clock Work Is Killing the American Dream."
These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020

By Emily Heil
Dec 30, 2020 6:00 AM - Here are the top 10 food fads that presented us with needed distractions during the pandemic.
For Pedro Pascal, this is the way to play a villain when you're also the coolest hero in the galaxy

By David Betancourt
Dec 29, 2020 6:00 AM - The plan was never for actor Pedro Pascal to simultaneously play a movie villain and save the galaxy in a hit streaming series, but here we are.
Q&A with John Fogerty (and kids): Missing the stage and how he got sued for sounding too much like himself

By Geoff Edgers
Dec 28, 2020 6:00 AM - National arts reporter Geoff Edgers talks with John Fogerty and his kids about music, the pandemic and how Bob Dylan made "Proud Mary" back into a John Fogerty song.
Kemp Powers's long journey to becoming Pixar's first Black writer-director

By Michael Cavna
Dec 28, 2020 6:00 AM - Kemp Powers's role in fleshing out the character Joe in the new Pixar movie "Soul" may also be creating opportunities for other Black writers and directors in the industry. "I would like to believe that we learned a lot of new lessons in the course of making 'Soul' that are going to be applied to use to open the doors for more people like me."

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