Articles filed under Washington Post
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A call to revolutionize the workplace - by reducing working hoursDec 30, 2020 5:00 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, especia...
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These 10 food trends were the distractions we needed in 2020Dec 30, 2020 5:00 am - This year, many of us spent a lot more time in our kitchens than we could have imagined, turning out multiple meals a day and sometimes getting bored with our own rinse-...
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7 movies that do the same things 'Wonder Woman 1984' does, but betterDec 29, 2020 10:00 pm - “Wonder Woman 1984” landed on Christmas Day like a holiday turducken — a 2½-hour concoction made of many disparate parts that isn't to everyone's taste. Some critics wel...
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For Pedro Pascal, this is the way to play a villain when you're also the coolest hero in the galaxyDec 29, 2020 5:00 am - The plan was never for Pedro Pascal to simultaneously play a villain and save the galaxy, but here we are. This month, the Chile-born actor is a part of not one but two ...
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Q&A with John Fogerty (and kids): Missing the stage and how he got sued for sounding too much like himselfDec 28, 2020 5:00 am - Every Friday, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers hosts The Washington Post's first Instagram Live show, "Stuck With Geoff," from his barn in Massachusetts. He has inter...
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Kemp Powers's long journey to becoming Pixar's first Black writer-directorDec 28, 2020 5:00 am - The geniuses at Pixar had a problem, and this time, they would need to look beyond the walls of their esteemed studio for help. The movie in question was "Soul," a tunef...
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George Clooney offers a bright outlook despite bleak new filmDec 26, 2020 6:30 am - George Clooney's on the line. It's early December, and he's calling from his house in Los Angeles, where the family's 165-pound Saint Bernard, Rosie, is barreling toward...
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Working with Chadwick Boseman on 'Ma Rainey' taught Colman Domingo to treat each role like it's your lastDec 26, 2020 6:30 am - Leaning against the outer wall of a practice room, Chadwick Boseman listened intently as his co-star, Colman Domingo, narrated the experience of a Black minister harasse...
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In 'Bridgerton,' Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix - and the traditional period dramaDec 25, 2020 5:00 am - No one can lay a special claim of ownership on the TV period drama. It is not sacred space or a part of a historical preservation act. It's make-believe, and therefore c...
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Pixar's 'Soul' has plenty of visual razzle-dazzle, and a convoluted, existential plotDec 25, 2020 5:00 am - “Soul” - ★ ★ ½ The visual details, humanism and weighty themes sent aloft with gossamer lightness that add up to “that Pixar touch” are in abundant supply in “Soul...