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• Napoleon review: Ridley Scott delivers a dynamite biopic

  AV Club, Nov 21, 2023

  Outside of military colleges, where his strategic acumen is still lauded, many present-day folks might only have a loose sense of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a bicorne hat and hand tucked in his jacket, as a man of short stature and shorter temper. Director Ridley Scott’s Napoleon sweeps aside this caricature, craftily… Read more...

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• The Best Gifts for the Musician Who Has Everything (When Money Is No Object)

  Gizmodo, Nov 21, 2023

  If the musicians in your life are anything like me, they’ve plunged headfirst into significant debt in their relentless pursuit of the gear to fuel their artistic aspirations. Read more...

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• Nothing's Failed iMessages Workaround Was Too Good To Be True

  Gizmodo, Nov 21, 2023

  Last week was certainly exciting for the prospect of green and blue bubbles finding peace and harmony in the chat realm, though that excitement was a bit premature in Nothing’s case. Read more...

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• Deal to free hostages, pause fighting between Israel and Hamas nears announcement

  Politico Picks, Nov 21, 2023

  The U.S.-brokered agreement could take effect as soon as Tuesday and would include the release of around 50 hostages by Hamas.

• The 25 most iconic movie company logos, from A24 to Pixar to TriStar

  AV Club, Nov 21, 2023

  A good studio logo says something about the movie you’re about to see. Sometimes it’s as literal as “this movie is based on a Marvel comic book,” sometimes it’s a testament to a studio’s place in film history, and sometimes it’s—at the risk of sounding very cool—a total vibe that gives you a sense of what to expect… Read more...

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• 20 Underrated Fantasy Books to Gift the Readers in Your Life

  Gizmodo, Nov 21, 2023

  As the holidays near, it can be a challenge to buy gifts for the most voracious book readers in your life—but 2023 has seen a ton of excellent fantasy books hit shelves, to the point that it’s been hard to keep up with all the greatest new material. Here’s 20 of our favorite underrated choices that will make the… Read more...

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• The Crossword: Tuesday, November 21, 2023

  The New Yorker, Nov 21, 2023

  Athlete who co-founded a restaurant called Tracks & Records: nine letters.

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• The Surprising Sweetness of the Ayn Rand Fangirl Novel

  The New Yorker, Nov 21, 2023

  Lexi Freiman’s “The Book of Ayn” paints an obsession with the godmother of libertarianism as a useful but transient phase.

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