Arts

Host Ophira Eisenberg with Roy Wood Jr. on Ask Me Another.

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Roy Wood Jr.: Puzzle Banger After Banger

12:18pm February 17, 2017

Comedian and Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. shares the struggles of raising his son in a world with racism and $9 smoothies. Then we quiz him on his favorite pastime—jigsaw puzzles!

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Ménage À Trois

12:18pm February 17, 2017

They say two is company and three's a crowd, but these treasured trios prove that saying wrong. Contestants must guess the collective name given to a particular trio.

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A red-eyed tree frog found in the jungle in Costa Rica.

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Nature's Ready For Her Close-Up: 'Planet Earth II' Returns In Ultra High-Def

9:41am February 17, 2017

by Will Huntsberry

The original BBC series was one of the first blockbuster high-definition TV shows. A decade later, drones and light-weight steady cams give viewers a front-row view of nature's majesty and fragility.

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Syd Barrett (Rachel Keller) and David Haller (Dan Stevens) in the FX series Legion.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Legion' And 'Planet Earth 2'

9:30am February 17, 2017

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, TV critic Alan Sepinwall joins the table to talk about two new shows: FX's 'Legion' and the follow-up to the BBC's beloved 'Planet Earth.'

"... For The Night Is Dark And Filled With Lizard-People": Pero (Pedro Pascal) and William (Matt Damon) in The Great Wall.

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'The Great Wall' Isn't, Particularly

5:00pm February 16, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

This visually impressive, narratively muddy, pseudo-historic monster movie disappoints. "It's bonkers in theory, but prosaic in execution," says critic Mark Jenkins.

A Wall Street trader (Dane DeHaan) finds himself in sinister ... crutches ... in A Cure For Wellness.

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'A Cure For Wellness' Needs A Dose Of Originality

5:00pm February 16, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Gore Verbinski leans on tried-and-true horror visuals to provide this film, set in a sinister Alpine spa, with its scares. But at 2 1/2 hours, patient fatigue sets in early.

Someone's About to Get Schooled: Charlie Day and Ice Cube in Fist Fight.

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2 High School Teachers Throw Punches And Crude Jokes In 'Fist Fight'

5:00pm February 16, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Charlie Day and Ice Cube lead a great cast, but this comedy, filled with cruel pranks and retrograde notions of masculinity, "leaves a sour aftertaste," says critic Scott Tobias.

Somali refugee Asad Abdullahi is played by four different actors, each wearing the same white hat: (left to right) Zoleka Mpotsha, Ayanda Tikolo, Siphosethu Juta and Luvo Tamba.

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'Man Of Good Hope' Tells A Somali Refugee's Story — In Song

4:35pm February 16, 2017

by Jeff Lunden

The musical was inspired by Asad Abdullahi, who, as a child, embarked on a perilous journey through Africa. "It's sort of a Greek epic in its proportions," says director Mark Dornford-May.

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Books
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Book Review: '300 Arguments,' Sarah Manguso

4:35pm February 16, 2017

Poetry reviewer Tess Taylor declares Sarah Manguso's new book, 300 Arguments, is poetry, not essays — or is it?

Could this dapper gentleman be Marcel Proust? If it is, as a Canadian professor believes, it would mark the first time the great French author was found in film footage.

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WATCH: Is This Proust? Scholars Say They've Finally Found Author On Film

3:16pm February 16, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The French novelist Marcel Proust is regularly listed among the greatest writers of the 20th century. But how did the man move? A professor says the answer is on a wedding film over 110 years old.