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Ötzi the Iceman’s curse

When Ötzi the Iceman was discovered in the Alps in September 1991, it was the kind of find that makes archaeologists go a ...
Tom Hardy and Steven Knight’s underappreciated historical drama is finding plenty of new fans on streaming. Find out more ...
Catherine and Heathcliff are returning to the screen, but their passion burns brightest in a handful of sentences from Emily ...
Stories in games continue to evolve thanks to improvements in performance capture technology, the fidelity of the worlds that surround them, and the ever-growing talent pool of incredible writers.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play Miami police partners in their latest collaboration Christopher Rudolph is a contributing writer for PEOPLE. He previously covered entertainment at The Advocate, ...
That didn’t take long. Less than eight months after the spectacle known as the Karen Read murder trial ended in a hail of cheers — and a few jeers — outside a Dedham courthouse, there’s already a ...
The understated lead in this year’s creepy festive drama is ideal for the whispered dread it drips with. Be warned, though: it verges on horror – young kids may well be terrified It is a truth ...
Can you chip in? As an independent nonprofit, the Internet Archive is fighting for universal access to quality information. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, ...
Until about 20 years ago, the Christmas character canon included the usual suspects: Frosty, Rudolph, the Grinch, and of course, Santa Claus himself. In the weeks leading up to December 25, children ...
Apple TV+’s gripping survival drama The Lost Bus has finally landed on the streamer after premiering in select theaters in November. Starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera, the film is based ...
Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers may have been household names, but that isn’t the case for the third installment in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Netflix anthology series. “Monster: The Ed ...
The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.” By Jaime Green Jaime Green is the author of “The ...