December 6, 2019, 6:03am Life
One of the year’s darker takes on the United States’ richest 1 percent tops this week’s new DVD releases. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:03am Life
You have questions. I have some answers. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:03am Food
I was mostly nice this year, so I’m hoping Santa will bring me some goodies to eat and drink. Here’s my list of decadent gifts to satisfy the most opinionated foodie — and everyone else — on your list. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:03am Dining Out
Not many restaurants in Southwest Washington can claim that they began as a chicken coop, then morphed into a horse stable and then became part of a winery. But then again, there aren’t too many that can also brag about pizzas, paninis, macaroni and cheese, several appetizers and even a couple of desserts, which are all wood-fired, as well as a wonderful selection of Italian-style wines. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:02am Entertainment
María Josefina’s favorite Christmas ornament is a tiny Puerto Rican tree frog. She’s eager to tell you — in song — why el coquí is so special to her and to her native island, especially at this time of year. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:02am Life
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — After benign roles in “Suits,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Mad Men,” actress Abigail Spencer was lusting for something new. “I kept telling my team, I’m like, ‘I want to play a monster next.’ ” She finally got her wish. Spencer is portraying the relentless Doris in Hulu’s new drama, “Reprisal.” Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:02am Entertainment
The actual age of the Vancouver Master Chorale, which has changed its name several times across the decades, was unclear until just this year, according to Jana Hart, its director. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:00am Entertainment
Rarely has a movie’s title been so apt as that of “Waves,” a film that makes you feel like you’ve been knocked flat over by a fierce current — only to be rescued by a gentle, soothing flow of warm surf that arrives in the nick of time. Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:00am Entertainment
Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” pulls us inside the cyclone of a disintegrating marriage, letting us see the shrapnel flying and the devastated landscape left behind. New York theater couple Nicole (Scarlett Johansson), an actress, and Charlie (Adam Driver), a director, have been together about a decade, and have an 8-year-old son, Henry (Azhy Robertson). We meet the couple, in an opening scene in a therapist’s office, as they are listing… Read story
December 6, 2019, 6:00am Animals in the News
Lil Bub became famous in her youth, at the beginning of the decade, when a picture of her went viral on Reddit. She was a permakitten with bulging eyes and a tongue that always stuck out. Her owner, Mike Bridavsky, made a Tumblr account for her in late 2011, according to a Spin profile of the cat. He never expected it to blow up, but people found her unusual physical… Read story