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Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Not so fast, Netflix. Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has launched a hostile bid for the company that's home to Casablanca, Batman and CNN. Just Friday, Netflix and Warner Brothers executives were celebrating a deal they had struck. 
by David Folkenflik

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Oral histories and lullabies in Sing Again project speak to Somali resilience

Oral histories and lullabies in Sing Again project speak to Somali resilience

Educator and author Marian Hassan captures the oral history and lullabies of Somali culture. Through her “Sing Again” project, she has recorded and documented many songs in their original tongue.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Rafael Ithier, a legend of salsa music, dies at 99

Rafael Ithier, a legend of salsa music, dies at 99

The pianist, composer and arranger spent more than six decades turning El Gran Combo into one of the premier salsa institutions of Latin America and beyond.
by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Mona’s Eyes’ by Thomas Schlesser

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Mona’s Eyes’ by Thomas Schlesser

Kelly Evert of Village Books and Paper Dreams in Washington recommends “Mona’s Eyes” by Thomas Schlesser.
by Emily Bright

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Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

Groundbreaking architect Frank Gehry who was behind the acclaimed Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles has died. Gehry received architecture’s top honor, the Pritzker Prize, in 1989. He was 96.
by The Associated Press

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Catherine Newman’s witty, warm and wary Rocky returns in ‘Wreck’

Catherine Newman’s witty, warm and wary Rocky returns in ‘Wreck’

If you devoured Catherine Newman’s 2024 novel “Sandwich,” you’ll love her just released sequel, “Wreck.” Newman joins Kerri Miller on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas for a laughter-soaked conversation that covers parenthood, aging, mortality and the peculiarities of a long and enduring marriage.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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How a Carleton College alum went from Northfield to ‘Saturday Night Live’

How a Carleton College alum went from Northfield to ‘Saturday Night Live’

Claire McFadden, a Carleton College graduate, talked with MPR News about how she got started in comedy, her decision to pursue it as a career, and how her time in Minnesota prepared her for this highly coveted opportunity.
by Molly Castle Work

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MN Shortlist: Winter stories, warmer rooms — 6 picks for Dec. 5–Dec. 11

MN Shortlist: Winter stories, warmer rooms — 6 picks for Dec. 5–Dec. 11

December arrives like a season that knows it’s putting on a show. The city fills with borrowed memories, holiday oddities, local stories and a little frost for dramatic effect. This week’s picks slip right into that cast, where familiar traditions get re-staged and the past refuses to stay backstage.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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Fargo chef on her perfect bagel, meshing Nordic-Jewish fare and her new cookbook

Fargo chef on her perfect bagel, meshing Nordic-Jewish fare and her new cookbook

When Andrea Baumgardner opened BernBaum’s in downtown Fargo in 2016, she was inspired by classic lunch counter delis, like B&H Dairy in New York City. A new cookbook memorializes her recipes.
by Clay Masters and Gretchen Brown

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