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Anne Hathaway finds love with a pop star in 'The Idea of You'

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Elisabeth Moss plays British spy Imogen Salter in The Veil. Christine Tamalet/FX hide caption

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Elisabeth Moss embraces her best role yet as a secret agent in 'The Veil'

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Rhaina Cohen and her husband live in a row house with another couple and their two children in Washington, D.C. Cohen says they wanted to share a home with people who they were excited to live with — and who they could depend on. From left to right: Cohen, her husband, her housemate's child and her housemate. Rhaina Cohen hide caption

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Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants made its TV debut 25 years ago on May 1, 1999 before the official series launch in July 1999. Nickelodeon hide caption

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The iconic SpongeBob SquarePants made his TV debut 25 years ago

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After chronicling California at 'L.A. Times' for 43 years, Louis Sahagún has retired

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"You think it will never happen to you," Paul Auster wrote about aging and mortality in his 2012 book Winter Journal. He's pictured above in New York in April 2007. Nicholas Roberts/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Bestselling novelist Paul Auster, author of 'The New York Trilogy,' dies at 77

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The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse is one of two "middle-of-the-river" lighthouses left standing on the Hudson River. David Oliver/National Trust for Historic Preservation hide caption

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Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

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English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption

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Judi Dench reflects on a career built around Shakespeare

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Left: An Ebony Fashion Fair Model. Right: A hand holds up a copy of Ebony magazine in front of a Chicago skyline. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)/ (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) hide caption

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AI is contentious among authors. So why are some feeding it their own writing?

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Glen Powell stars in the new movie Hit Man. Brian Roedel/Netflix hide caption

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The movies, TV and music we're excited about this summer

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Actor Gerard Depardieu addresses the media during the press conference for the film 'Saint Amour' at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Axel Schmidt/AP hide caption

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