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- Do you win in late-night by focusing on Trump?'Late Show' host Stephen Colbert recently beat Jimmy Fallon's top-rated program 'The Tonight Show' in ratings after Colbert focused on recent actions by President Trump and his administration. NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' is experiencing its best ratings in two decades, likely for the same reason.
- Steak and bean chiliThis recipe provides a twist on traditional chili by using sirloin instead of ground beef.
- A decades-long chat among friendsHigh-school buddies find that shared trips promote wide-ranging reflection.
- First Look'Conlang,' 'shade,' 'Seussian' among new words added to Merriam-Webster dictionaryMerriam-Webster added about 1,000 new words to its online lexicon Tuesday.
- Super Bowl bounce: Lady Gaga announces world tour after halftime showLady Gaga will tour in 2017 and digital sales of her music went up following her halftime performance on Feb. 5. The halftime show has become one of the biggest platforms ever for recording artists.
- Roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon jam and udon noodlesBacon jam 鈥 homemade or store-bought 鈥 is the salty-sweet-tangy heart of this pasta dish.
- Botticelli work comes to the US for first timeFor the first time,聽one of only two life-size nude paintings of a solitary Venus will be on display in the United States as the centerpiece of a new exhibition at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary.
- Creamy roasted onion soupRoasting onion and garlic both tames their flavor and brings out their sweetness to create this velvety onion soup.
- Lady Gaga's halftime show started above the stadium and political fray. Should it have stayed there?Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show included impressive athletic stunts, but some critics were disappointed the performer didn't express more political views during the show.
- 13-year-old jazz pianist Joey Alexander goes back to the GrammysAlexander received two Grammy nominations last year. Now he's nominated for best improvised jazz solo at this year's ceremony, which will air on CBS on Feb. 12.
- On new sitcom 'Superior Donuts,' experience, mulishness battles initiative, being too impulsive'Superior' stars Judd Hirsch as the owner of a Chicago doughnut shop who hires a young go-getter. The program is now airing on CBS.聽
- How will '24: Legacy' play in the era of immigration bans?The latest take on the successful TV series '24' debuts after the Super Bowl on Feb. 5. But some critics are expressing concern with how the show depicts its villains.
- 'The Daughter,' Ibsen adaptation, won't win over viewers who are new to playwright's work'Daughter' stars Geoffey Rush as the owner of a now-shuttered local mill who is about to marry his housekeeper (Anna Torv). When his son returns home for the first time in 15 years, family secrets are unloosed.
- Uneven 'The Comedian' doesn't measure up to Robert De Niro's performance'Comedian' stars De Niro as a washed-up comic who continues his career because he craves the audience's acceptance. Leslie Mann co-stars.
- Easiest Super Bowl snack: salted edamame with a bit of heatBoost your app spread for the Super Bowl with a bowl of salty, firey edamame.聽
- Top Picks: Bonobo's 'Migration,' the film 'Queen of Katwe,' and moreThe Galileo Offline Maps app provides web-free guidance, the LibriVox AudioBooks app聽brings audio versions of books that are in the public domain straight to your ears, and more top picks.
- Baked General Tso's chickenInstead of fried, this General Tso's chicken is breaded and then baked.
- In Black Lives Matter era, reviewers are won over by new documentary film 'I Am Not Your Negro'The documentary, which will be released in theaters on Feb. 3, is directed by Raoul Peck and is based on writings by James Baldwin about civil rights leaders including Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers.
- Verbal EnergyWhat鈥檚 in a name? Sometimes, a number.A look at how some odd place names may 鈥 or may not 鈥 have come to be.
- Shrimp and gritsFor authentic Southern shrimp and grits be sure to use stone ground grits, not the instant or quick-cooking kind.