CHICAGO — “OK. We’re going to go through kissing right now.”

Writer-director Zach Braff takes on a host of big picture issues, from grief and loss to trauma to the opioid crisis, in “A Good Person,” by far his best and most realized film to date.

In “The Night Agent,” a young, square-jawed FBI agent runs afoul of his bosses and is relegated to a desk job on the overnight shift in the basement of the White House.

VENICE — “‘The Venice’ looks best in the evening when its wide spreading trees are tingling with ‘electric oranges’ and the saxophone is making for ‘dolour,’ as we say in London, and the string pieces and the sable gentlemen picking them emit the plentitude of noises known as jazz.”

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD.

The past few years have seen an explosion in applications of artificial intelligence to creative fields. A new generation of image and text generators is delivering impressive results. Now AI has also found applications in music, too.

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Beyoncé and Balmain have teamed up for a new clothing line that's giving big "Renaissance" energy.

The Punta Gorda Garden Club’s recent annual flower design show encouraged members to present their interpretations of a “Salute to Broadway”

Loveland Center Ability 5K Run and 1K Fun Walk

Peace, love and joy are three themes central to the artwork and life of 2011 Coral Reef High School graduate and South Beach resident Reyna Noreiga.

CHICAGO — Margot Douaihy reached Chicago’s Lincoln Park in a roundabout way. She grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She came from a religious family and a long line of clergy. She went to Catholic school, but as she got older, Douaihy felt distanced from the church. She was queer and in the closet. She moved to Massachusetts and became a poet.

Approximately 1,001 bean-related articles came out over the past few years. Topics included which dried beans were optimal to order online in packages you’d wipe down with antiseptic upon arrival, in what way to soak said beans for hours whilst trapped in your own home, and how to then cook those beans in the best possible manner so that the eating of them might momentarily stave off your feeling of impending doom.

Most people spend a third of their lives either asleep or resting, according to the Sleep Foundation. During sleep, the body recharges and repairs itself. And a good night's sleep often can be determined by what position you are lying in bed.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a temporary “e-tattoo” for the palm that can track excitement and stress using the skin’s electrical conductivity. The e-tattoo could be a reliable way for people with conditions such as anxiety or depression to track their emotions.

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana.

MIAMI — Mike Hugo, a 37-year-old Wellington resident, has two young daughters, a wife, and a rare form of brain cancer.

ANAHEIM, California — A Disney character created before Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Rabbit will make his first meet-and-greet appearance at any Disney theme park in the world when the villain-turned-pal debuts at Disneyland.

Time is a funny thing. The year 2020 — those months of confinement, fear, frustration and isolation — feels as if it happened ages ago and simultaneously as though we lived through it just last week.

Ling Ma, Morgan Talty, Boris Dralyuk and Isaac Butler are among the winners of the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards announced during a ceremony Thursday night at the New School in New York City.