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December 14, 2022

A starry-eyed Elizabeth Taylor biography misses a golden opportunity

Kate Andersen Brower's authorized bio, "Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon," buries its revelations in a flat style and poor documentation.

A new doc by her daughter reveals private side of iron-willed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

HBO's "Pelosi in the House" chronicles the life of the first female House speaker from the perspective of her daughter Alexandra.

'Kindred's' transfer to TV keeps the novel's plot intact, but loses its spirit

Octavia Butler's time travel novel is massaged into a TV series.

Review: A new exhibit on how French decorative arts inspired Walt Disney is mostly hollow

As much as he animated European art, Walt Disney neutered the French decorative arts to make pop cartoons. Objects that inspired the likes of "Sleeping Beauty" are now on view at the Huntington.

A multimillion-dollar mystery: Who really wrote the holiday staple 'Jingle Bell Rock?'

Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" has become a Christmas standard, but the singer and the song's famed guitarist may have lost out on a publishing windfall.

Patty Jenkins pushes back on those 'Wonder Woman 3' reports: 'I never walked away'

Director Patty Jenkins opened up about the fate of "Wonder Woman 3" nearly a week after Warner Bros. Discovery decided to scrap the film. Here's what she said.

On NBC's 'Today,' Jenna Bush Hager is becoming book publishing's best friend

After joining the fourth hour of "Today" as a co-host in 2019, she began recommending books in a monthly segment on the program, and in a short time has became a publishing taste maker.

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