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Visitors look at the artwork "The Matter of Time" by US artist Richard Serra during the presentation of the "25 Years of the Museum Collection" exhibition on the 25th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in the Spanish Basque city of Bilbao on Oct. 18, 2022. Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Photos: Remembering Richard Serra, a world-renowned 'poet' of metals

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Alexandra Tanner's debut novel centers two sisters in their 20s struggling with the love, anxieties and truths that they hold about each other. Sasha Fletcher hide caption

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'Worry' is a disturbing and honest picture of what it's like to be in your 20s

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Jess Hong in the Netflix series 3 Body Body Problem. Netflix hide caption

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Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., celebrated leaving its home of nearly 60 years with a community parade on Oct. 15, 2022. "The entire city is now our stage," said artistic director Jacob Padrón. Lotta Studio/Long Wharf Theatre hide caption

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A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, pictured in 2018, said the entertainment mogul is the subject of "a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits." Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption

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Katy O'Brian and Kristen Stewart star in Love Lies Bleeding. Zoey Kang/A24 hide caption

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Kelsey Russell has grown a following online by reading news articles from print publications. Demarko Hooper hide caption

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She reads the newspaper on TikTok — and her videos are going viral

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Bryan Hearne in the docuseries Quiet on Set. ID/Warner Bros hide caption

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Kevin Hart received the 25th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on March 24th, 2024. The Kennedy Center hide caption

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Kevin Hart takes home his Mark Twain Prize for American humor

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Some TikTok creators have embraced the de-influencer movement, like Diana Wiebe, seen in a screenshot here, who goes by the TikTok handle @depressiondotgov and critiques social media influencing. NPR hide caption

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'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing

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Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O'Connor, Paul Rudd, Kumail Nanjiani, Logan Kim and Carrie Coon in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Columbia Pictures hide caption

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Signature dishes of restaurant Evett. Jun Michael Park for NPR hide caption

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Korean food gets a Michelin-starred makeover in Seoul restaurants

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'Wait Wait' for March 23, 2024: With Not My Job guest Laurene Powell Jobs

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Laurene Powell Jobs talks philanthropy and throwing amazing Halloween parties

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Sylvester Stallone hangs a pair of pink boxing gloves on a portrait of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award in 2022, as Julie Opperman, chair of the Dwight D. Opperman Foundation, looks on. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation hide caption

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Joel Kim Booster recently returned as a guest on the podcast Depresh Mode. He's shown above at Sundance in January 2024. Mat Hayward/Getty Images for IMDb hide caption

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