These two overachievers needed each other, even or especially when they were not together.
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Jordan Peele’s ‘The Twilight Zone’ is ready to make Americans think again.
Jordan Peele’s incarnation of the show will certainly get people thinking—and talking.
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In CNN’s ‘The Bush Years,’ decency and duty mask our national sins
As we come to grips with a national history of violence, greed and racialized privilege, this fable of noblesse oblige rings hollow.
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‘Catastrophe’ looks at humanity in all its messiness
The hit Amazon show asks: Can we really just be unapologetically ourselves?
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‘Jesus: His Life’: a fresh take on the world’s most studied character
A new series on History approaches Jesus and his followers as humans rather than as stained-glass icons.
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Why HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” is difficult—and necessary—to watch
Anyone watching “Leaving Neverland” should come away with one fundamental question, and for Catholics, it is a familiar one: How did we not see this coming?
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A love letter to “Desus & Mero” from a fellow Bronxite
Along with changing how society defines what it means to be funny in 2019, the Bodega Boys have given me—and audiences outside of New York City—an opportunity to see the streets, communities, culture we know reflected in popular culture.
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The unfortunate similarities between ‘Russian Doll’ and today’s Catholic Church
Like a new Netflix series, the church today seems caught in an endless loop of accusations and revelations.
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The first virgin ‘Bachelor’ challenges secular and religious prejudices about sex
But even as the show mocks and fixates on his virginity, Colton invites empathy and sparks thought-provoking conversations about sexual morality.
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Is ‘Watership Down’ really for kids?
A new Netflix miniseries brings out the story’s aspects of adventure and conflict, with occasionally pulse-pounding results.