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Writer-director Amy Heckerling’s 1995 comedy “Clueless” is almost twice as old as its heroine, Beverly Hills princess Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone). It’s a period piece now, which is fine, because it’s also true of its inspiration, Jane Austen’s 1816 novel Emma. The teenage characters all have cellular phones, which were rare at that time compared…

Editor’s note: To give you a chance to get to know our writers better, we’ve asked them to respond to some questions. Here’s Cortlyn Kelly. Read her work here. 1. Where did you grow up, and what was it like? Bouncing between Chicago and Wisconsin, my upbringing was always quite Midwestern: lots of cheese, lots of…

It’s hard to believe it’s been two entire years since the last season of Paramount+’s sole remaining leg of the “Star Trek” franchise, “Strange New Worlds,” graced our streaming screens. In the interim, Paramount has swept in and quietly cancelled or cut off at the knees all of its remaining series: “Discovery,” “Picard,” “Lower Decks,”…