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Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in Greta Gerwig's “Barbie.”
How ‘Barbie’ made me feel better about my righteous feminine anger
Women are allowed to express their displeasure or rage, whether it’s Vice President Kamala Harris or Barbie, an 11.5-inch doll.
"Prom Mom," Laura Lippman's latest novel, comes out July 25.
Laura Lippman on her new novel, co-parenting with David Simon and the status of ‘Lady in the Lake’
Baltimore's Laura Lippman talks about her book "Prom Mom," life after divorce and why we all want to think we're the good guy.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference at City Hall on June 23.
People are mad Mayor Brandon Scott is having a baby. People are dumb.
My first reaction to the announcement that Mayor Brandon Scott and girlfriend Hana Pugh are expecting a child was delight. My second reaction? Shame and disappointment … in some of you.
U.S. and Panamanian flags are held from the windows of the cockpit on a Copa Airlines plane.
Does Copa Airlines’ new direct flight from BWI to Panama City soar or sink?
Copa Airlines’ nonstop flights from BWI to Panama City are just OK — and that’s great.
From left, “And Just Like That...” cast members Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarita Choudhury attend an event on June 20 in New York City.
The kernels of truth that Black women can find in HBO’s ‘And Just Like That’
The second season of ”And Just Like That…” takes on grief, aging and respectability politics with a fabulous Baltimore connection.
People look down on Inner Harbor from the Baltimore World Trade Center as the city is covered in haze from Canadian wildfires June 29.
Worried about flight cancellations? Here are 7 tips to save your vacation.
How has travel been affected by weather changes? Is it going to get better? I talked to a travel consultant to help answer those questions.
The front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.
Affirmative action wasn’t about unfairly planting a flag. It was about just getting on the map.
Affirmative action wasn’t about giving unqualified people a leg up, but about leveling a playing field that was never, and still is not, level.
There’s a difference between Independence Day and the day everyone actually became independent, but both are important to history.
What do July Fourth and Juneteenth have in common? The idea of freedom.
There’s a difference between Independence Day and the day everyone actually became independent, but both are important to history.
Solomon Jeong checks on the bees on the roof of the Baltimore Convention Center.
What’s the buzz on urban beekeeping in Baltimore?
No need for an exterminator: Bees on the roof and in backyards are part of the rise in urban beekeeping and environmental responsibility in the city.
The Broadway Pier in Fells Point, where Annie (Meg Ryan) has a pensive moment.
A Baltimore tour of ‘Sleepless In Seattle’ on its 30th anniversary
As “Sleepless In Seattle,” the (first) Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan rom-com, turns 30, here is a guide to the Baltimore sites that appeared in the film.
Johnathon Schaech stars alongside Heather Graham in "Suitable Flesh," which premiered at New York's Tribeca Film Festival earlier this month.
‘That Thing You Do!’ star on his Baltimore roots, new projects and Orioles fandom
Actor and Baltimore County native Johnathon Schaech discussed his current projects, surviving abuse and the Tom Hanks-directed cult classic for which he's best known.
Leslie Gray Streeter, right, with her stepfather, Larry Smith.
Father’s Day doesn’t have to be just about the man who raised you
Stepfathers aren’t a replacement for dads. They’re special all on their own.
Leslie Streeter writes in her notepad as she gets her hair cut by Leah Register on Friday, June 9, 2023.
Natural Black hair salons transform lives, one curl and coil at a time
Since 2015, Diaspora Salon has provided a sanctuary for Baltimore’s natural hair community that is a celebration of what our hair is, without interference or alteration.
Alan Rickman and Yasiin Bey in Something the Lord Made in the 2004 movie.
Six Baltimore-related shows to watch during the writers strike that aren’t ‘The Wire’
If you’re looking for things to stream during the writers strike, look closer to home with projects either filmed, based in or involving people from Charm City.
A woman walks in the Inner Harbor as Baltimore is blanketed in dangerous levels of smoke from Canadian wildfires on Thursday, June 8, 2023.
I never stopped masking. The air alert is just another reason to keep doing so.
The air quality alerts stemming from the Canadian wildfires are yet another health-related reason I’ll keep wearing masks.
A view of the Domino Sugars sign, as seen from Federal Hill in South Baltimore.
DeSantis uses Baltimore crime as a dog whistle to dodge his own bullets
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others can’t stop talking about the crime in Baltimore, which doesn’t make where they live any safer.
LONDON - 1st APRIL: Tina Turner performs live on stage at Hammersmith Odeon in London in April 1982.
Did Tina Turner deserve her success? Yes, and women deserve more.
When Mike Wallace infamously asked Tina Turner whether she thought she deserved the trappings of her success, he raised a question sadly familiar to working women.
Laila Riley, 10, and Laci Riley, 7,  gather to see the "mermaid" at the Rotunda, courtesy of Circus Siren Pod, before the premiere of the Little Mermaid movie on May 27, 2023.
For ‘Little Mermaid’ viewers, seeing a Black Ariel makes them feel part of her world
Having a Black Ariel in the new "Little Mermaid" movie felt like its own fairy tale for some. Here's what one group of viewers thought.
Cast member of the HBO's series Succession.
Is ‘Succession’ really a show about being a parent?
The "Succession" series finale, which airs Sunday, is about generational trauma as much as it's about fascism, betrayal and wealth.
Staff Sargeant Talia Smith on May 4, 2023.
Meet someone who made it on ‘The Voice,’ and someone who didn’t get close. (Me.)
Meet Talia Smith, a Maryland resident who, unlike me, successfully auditioned for "The Voice."
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