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12.12.2021

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Ready, Fett, Go: Ming-Na Wen talks suiting up for The Book of Boba Fett
Ming-Na Wen is the only person in history to complete the Disney trifecta: The 58-year-old actress has voiced a Disney princess as Mulan, kicked butt as a Marvel hero in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and crisscrossed the galaxy as a Star Wars mercenary on The Mandalorian -- and now, The Book of Boba Fett.

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Are diversifying suburbs like Irvine ready for a conversation about race?
S"outhern California suburbs, at their best, are inspiring tapestries of what an emergent cosmopolitan society could be when different cultures and races share space and create community. At their worst, the suburbs incubate some of the most antiquated forms of racist and xenophobic thought that you can find anywhere."

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The Line
"It's 1972 and Singer Nobuko "JoAnne" Miyamoto and her partner Chris Ijima get "the call." It’s Yoko Ono and John Lennon inviting them to sing on national TV. What happens next is musical history.

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Lee Jung-jae is King of the World
There was a time in Lee Jung-jae's life when he never thought he'd act again. Now, he's starring in the biggest show on the planet -- Squid Game, ever heard of it?

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Michelle Zauner on Turning Her Memoir Into a Film and Japanese Breakfast's Two Grammy Nominations
With the release of her bestselling memoir Crying in H Mart and critically acclaimed album Jubilee with band Japanese Breakfast, Michelle Zauner has had a banner year.

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The Women Behind the Thirteen-Year-Olds of "PEN15"
How the co-creators of Hulu's Pen15 found comedy in the pain of revisiting adolescence.