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1.08.2023

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I May Have Started a Rumor About K-Pop, and It May Be Ruining My Life
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The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text
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Why South Asians are the most politically liberal of all Asian Americans
South Asians are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the U.S., especially in battleground states. And out of all Asian Americans groups, they are the most politically liberal.

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The Best Woks
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Q&A: Iris Yamashita, Author of ‘City Under One Roof'
In City Under One Roof, the debut novel from Academy Award-nominated writer Iris Yamashita, a stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building.

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Everything Everywhere's Ke Huy Quan is, all at once, an awards contender
The child star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies is back in the spotlight, joining the Marvel universe, and, smart money says, the Oscars nomination list.

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The Dave Bautista Method
After hanging up his wrestling tights, Dave Bautista could've made an easy living cranking out one brainless, explosion-happy blockbuster after another. Instead, he's improbably emerged as a serious thespian trapped in an action hero's body, and the who's-who of Hollywood auteurs keep lining up to work with him.