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Return to Seoul
At an unassuming dinner spot in Seoul, Freddie (Park Ji-min) is talking with a few newly made friends, Tena (Guka Han) and Dongwon (Son Seung-Beom). She is a Korean adoptee raised in France who has returned to her parents’ country—but the reasons are not yet clear. Was it to get answers as to why she…
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Emily
“If I could I would work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.” — Emily Brontë Her wish came to pass. Wuthering Heights is a book for the ages, and her poetry (unlike her sisters’), still lifts off the page with bleak despairing imagery and a ferocious independence of tone.…
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The 12th Victim
In 1958, 18-year-old Charles Starkweather was dating 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate when she reportedly broke up with him, starting a murder spree that would become one of the most infamous in history. Framed as a modern Bonnie and Clyde, the violence that unfolded became the foundation for not just legal controversy but incredible pop culture influence.…
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Pacifiction
Ambiguity is as ambiguity does in “Pacifiction,” a 165-minute French echo chamber drama that often seems to be more about its own narrative’s open-endedness than its Tahitian setting, punchy French politicians, or woozy dealmaking. “Pacifiction,” the latest baroque provocation from writer/director Albert Serra, follows—but not too close!—the smirking De Roller (Benoît Magimel), a smooth-talking French…
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A Vegetable Soup Recipe That Delicately Balances Sweet and Sour
Full of lemongrass, tamarind and tofu, this light winter dish is a little different each time you make it — and that’s part of the allure, Yewande Komolafe writes.
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Fox News is worse than you thought
Internal communications among network officials show a concern for ratings and not much else.
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This French onion pasta is internet famous — and lives up to the hype
This dish, popularized on TikTok, turns French onion soup into a one-pot pasta full of onion flavor that captures the essence of the classic soup.
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Yes, fungus can eat your house. Here’s what to know.
Meruliporia incrassata is considered one of the most devastating of all the fungi that destroy wood.
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Why Chatbots like ChatGPT Weren’t Invented in China
The state’s hardening censorship and heavier hand have held back its tech industry; so has entrepreneurs’ reluctance to invest for the long term. It wasn’t always that way.
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Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot
The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.