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And: The Power is a TV series adaptation of Naomi Alderman鈥檚 2016 science fiction novel (which The Nose covered in 2018). It tells the story of a world where teenage girls suddenly develop the ability to produce electricity. It stars an ensemble cast that includes John Leguizamo, Halle Bush, Toheeb Jimoh, Eddie Marsan, and Toni Collette. Five of The Power鈥檚 expected nine episodes are available to stream on Prime Video.
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- on Netflix
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Rand Richards Cooper鈥檚 endorsement:
- the books of
Lindsay Lee Wallace鈥檚 endorsements:
- on Hulu
- by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Colin鈥檚 endorsement:
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- He was Mad magazine鈥檚 longest-serving contributor and proudly helped corrupt the minds of generations of young Americans
- Known as the mother of the miniskirt, clad in her signature play clothes and boots, with huge painted eyes, fake freckles and a bob, she epitomized London鈥檚 Swinging Sixties.
- The tone and reaction to Swift鈥檚 split with actor Joe Alwyn after six years is remarkably different from a decade ago
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- He changed the course of television with Atlanta and laid out a blueprint for a whole era of dark comedy. And now, out in Ojai, California, the multihyphenate star is preparing for the next phase of his career, building something even bigger and more ambitious that only he could have imagined.
- The service, expected to be called Max, is meant to help the company compete more directly with Netflix and Disney.
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- Paul Newman plays a brutish, morally repugnant monster in the classic anti-western. So why do Texans admire him anyway?
- Richard Walter was hailed as a genius criminal profiler. How did he get away with his fraud for so long?
- A stunning new picture of an exploded star includes a 鈥済reen monster鈥� and other never-before-seen features.
- Owners of faulty homes built by the star鈥檚 Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans were relieved when charity Global Green promised $20.5 million for repairs. The only problem: It never had the money.
- Book Bond has long been obscured by his cinematic doppelg盲nger. Now, thanks to savvy edits, readers can finally have a serious discussion about the complicated man on the page.
GUESTS:
- Rebecca Castellani: Co-founder of and a freelance writer
- Rand Richards Cooper: A fiction writer, contributing editor at Commonweal, and the restaurant critic for the Hartford Courant
- Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, too
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