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Rish Shah, Sophia Ali and Ved Sapru in "India Sweets and Spices" (Bleecker Street)

"India Sweets" moves beyond brown shame

Radhika Menon
Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Chigs Parmar, Crystelle Pereira and Jürgen Krauss on "The Great British Baking Show" (Netflix/Love Productions)

Handshakes all around for "Bake Off"

Melanie McFarland
Daniel Craig in "No Time to Die" (MGM/UA)

The history of adding insult to injury

Andrew M. McClellan - The Conversation
Jerry Springer speaks to guests during his show December 17, 1998 (Getty Images)

20 memorable talk show moments

Ellen Gutoskey - Mental Floss
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R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilhiemer)

REM's Stipe: "Lyric writing is not easy"

Annie Zaleski
Jeremy Renner attends the "Hawkeye" New York special fan screening at AMC Lincoln Square on November 22, 2021 in New York City (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Disney)

Jeremy Renner weighs in on Marvel films

Dan Selcke - Winter is Coming
"Rogers: The Musical" in "Hawkeye" (Marvel Studios/Disney)

I need "Rogers: The Musical" to be real

Kaitlin Thomas
English Egyptologist Howard Carter near golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamen mummy in Egypt in 1923, colorized document (Harry Burton/Apic/Getty Images)

9 victims of King Tut's curse

Stacy Conradt - Mental Floss
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Ji-Young, Simu Liu and Big Bird on "Sesame Street: See Us Coming Together" (Sesame Workshop/WarnerMedia)

16 Muppets who moved to Sesame Street

Joy Saha
Black metal band on stage (Getty stock photo/AarStudio)

How death metal lyrics echo the Bible

Channah Fonseca Becar - The Conversation
Daniel Kaluuya in "Get Out" (Universal Pictures)

No sundown towns for me this holiday

Melanie McFarland
Lion tamer on a circus poster, 1873 (Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Joe Exotic & USA's original tiger kings

Madeline Steiner - The Conversation
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Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in "The Beatles: Get Back" (Linda McCartney / Apple Corps Ltd.)

"Get Back" Beatles doc is transfixing

Kenneth Womack
Bronze free-range turkeys (Getty Images/Nick David)

Talking "turkey," a most versatile word

Jack Lynch - The Conversation
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Broadway actor suspended for Jan. 6

Trish Rooney
Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld in "Hawkeye" (Marvel / Disney+)

No Jeremy Renner-ssance for this Hawkeye

Melanie McFarland
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The Humans (A24)

The anguish of dinner with "The Humans"

Gary M. Kramer
Drive My Car (Sideshow and Janus Films)

A revealing commute in "Drive My Car"

Gary M. Kramer
Ringo Starr (MasterClass)

Ringo's instinctual drumming MasterClass

Kenneth Womack
Steve M. Robertson and Michael C. Hall in "Dexter: New Blood" (Seacia Pavao/SHOWTIME)

10 killer facts about "Dexter"

Garin Pirnia - Mental Floss
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Diana, Princess of Wales (1961 - 1997) sitting on a step at her home, Highgrove House, in Doughton, Gloucestershire, 18th July 1986. (Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

How Di became the pop culture princess

Ruth Penfold-Mounce - The Conversation
Super Bowl XXXVIII Halftime Show with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake before the wardrobe malfunction (Getty Images/KMazur/WireImage)

The injustice done to Janet Jackson

Melanie McFarland
Britney Spears performs at the NOW 99.7 Triple Ho Show 7.0 SAP Center on December 3, 2016 in San Jose, California. (Steve Jennings/WireImage/Getty Images)

I was in a cult and captive like Britney

Dr. Tamara MC
R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (Chris Bilheimer)

Mills talks REM's standalone road album

Annie Zaleski
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