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Will networks continue to show interest in adapting web series by people of color?

As web creators continue to tell authentic, compelling stories about what it is like to live as a person of color, will networks continue to demonstrate interest in adapting their stories, particularly as consumers demonstrate their interest in more diverse programs?

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What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Solaris,' 'Chesapeake Shores'

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Top Picks: 'Both Sides Now,' 'To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before'

College students can get rewards for leaving their phones alone during class when they use the Pocket Points app, the documentary 'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?' looks at the career of Fred Rogers and his creation of the show 'Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,' and more top picks.
There are birds, and then there’s Noodle

My new project is to get to know my garden’s avian regulars as individuals.
‘A Star Is Born’ returns to the big screen

The latest version is, for first the half, powerfully fresh.
State violence and racial justice: ‘The Hate U Give’ could sear on screens

For young people who already walk in the shoes of the story’s protagonist, ‘The Hate U Give’ offers affirmation of their identities, as a Texas librarian says.
In a Word Out of the mouths of babes

When they are around six to eight months old, babies begin to babble, experimenting with consonant-vowel combinations like 'da da,' 'bi bi,' or 'koy koy.' This babbling has produced the only two words found in a majority of the world’s languages: mama and papa.

How new murals on old walls are energizing an Italian town

'Overtourism' may vex venerated art cities like Rome and Venice. But for a village where population decline is the more common Italian challenge, new works by visiting artists are drawing welcome visitors.
From moccasins to Louboutins: an evolution of indigenous art

American Indian art encompasses more than dream catchers, totem poles, and basketry. The art world is waking up to a new appreciation for contemporary Native art – and the artists behind it.
Neil Armstrong gets the spotlight in the biopic ‘First Man’

As Ryan Gosling plays him, Armstrong is not so much strong and silent as glazed-over.
Repetitive 'Beautiful Boy' still has beautiful moments

The film, which stars Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, is overlong and riddled with unneeded flashbacks showing the family in better times.
Top Picks: 'Ocean's 8,' 'Quincy'

The app Nextdoor is a great (and private) way to be in touch with people who live close by, researchers from the long-running British quiz show 'QI' are sharing other interesting facts on the podcast 'No Such Thing as a Fish,' and more top picks.
What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Michael Palin in North Korea,' 'Stalag 17'

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In a Word The (impossible?) dream of a universal language

Over the centuries, a surprising number of theologians and linguists have tried to 'reverse Babel' and create universally intelligible languages.