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Turning a concept as old as “My Favorite Martian” into something fresh and funny isn’t easy, but “Resident Alien” somehow manages that, fueled by its dark, offbeat tone and Alan Tudyk’s otherworldly skill playing the title character as a stranger in his own skin. Regular twists also help, in a serialized dramedy that turns the

New Year, the old you. That’s the case for Christina Anstead, who has changed her name amid her divorce from Ant Anstead. She will now go by her maiden name, Christina Haack, according to her Instagram bio. Haack, who has risen to fame on HGTV, married Anstead in 2018, and together they have one child.

New galleries due to open in London’s Imperial War Museum later this year will challenge commonly held views about the Holocaust, with a focus on the “ordinary” people who carried out the atrocity. The Second World War and Holocaust Galleries will explore themes of persecution, escalation, the development of violence toward Jewish people, and the

All people of Asian heritage are not the same. That’s the rather self-evident message from some who have dived into a debate about the forthcoming Disney film, “Raya and the Last Dragon.” The animated movie is about a young woman named Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, or KMT) on a quest to find the

A family movie with a throwback feel, “Penguin Bloom” seemingly can’t make up its mind about who its actual protagonist is — the kid narrating what happened, his paralyzed mom dealt a cruel twist of fate, or the bird that helped the family weather it all. The result is an uneven Netflix showcase for producer-star

Remember the Hilaria Baldwin heritage controversy? It may feel like ages ago in the current news cycle but it was actually just last month. And in case you forgot, it sort of all started with comedian Amy Schumer poking fun at Baldwin posing in lingerie with her baby. Now Schumer is speaking out about the

New Zealand is really bored of your Instagram posts. The country has launched a new tourism campaign, urging travelers to stop mimicking photos they see online and “share something new” instead. The call was made in a two-minute video, starring comedian Tom Sainsbury as a member of the “Social Observation Squad (SOS).” The official follows

NBC’s “Young Rock” may largely be about Dwayne Johnson’s good old days, but it also aims to be honest: Those days weren’t all good. That, Johnson hopes, will inject the forthcoming sitcom about his life with an authenticity that audiences will appreciate. “My life — you know, we use these terms ‘wild’ and ‘crazy’ and

Airport security screeners are finding guns at US checkpoints at about twice the rate they did in 2019, according to new Transportation Security Administration data. TSA said it found about 10 firearms per million passengers in 2020, compared to five per million passengers in 2019. The agency said it found 3,257 guns in total last

Beyoncé has released a new Ivy Park collection called Icy Park, filled with streetwear, footwear and winter pieces for her fans. Ivy Park, a collaboration with Adidas, released the ad campaign for Icy Park on Monday, featuring Hailey Baldwin Bieber and Gucci Mane wearing select pieces from the line. Mane sports a gold parka and

Dale Moss has opened up about his broken engagement with Clare Crawley. The couple made “Bachelorette” history this season after they fell in love and she withdrew from the show. Moss and Crawley got engaged and former “Bachelor” contestant Tayshia Adams replaced her to finish the season. But Moss recently announced that the engagement had

Justin Timberlake and wife Jessica Biel want to keep their children out of the spotlight but for good reason. Timberlake, who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, recently appeared on actor Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast and explained why he and Biel try to limit their children’s exposure to fame. “I try to be conscious of

The famous Centre Pompidou, a sprawling modernist complex in central Paris that houses one of the world’s leading art museums, is set to close from 2023 to 2026 for maintenance work, the French government has announced. The center has been a provocative presence in the city since it opened in 1977, becoming instantly renowned for

The only surviving prototype of this unusual plane now sits dilapidated in a field near Moscow, but it was once the hope of the Soviet Union against US submarine attacks. The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 — the letters are an acronym for “vertical take-off amphibious aircraft” and 14 was the number of engines — was designed

A Walt Disney World employee who took a call from a woman in Pennsylvania inquiring about booking tickets to the Florida resort on January 9 alerted police in central Pennsylvania that the woman may be dealing with a domestic violence situation at her home, police said. During the call, the Disney employee heard the woman,