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Clever premise, winning cast compete with contrived situations and a script that doesn't trust it's warmer impulses. Ultimately, this romantic comedy is a mixed box of chocolates.

The president of Georgia Tech University, Wayne Clough, is named the new head of the Smithsonian Institution on Saturday. He becomes the 12th secretary in the institution's history. When he begins in July, he'll face myriad management and financial obstacles.

Writers in New York and Los Angeles voted to lift a strike order, clearing the way for them to report to work on Wednesday. They will formally approve their new three-year deal over the next couple of weeks. With one fight resolved, the studios will next face the unions representing actors.

Competition fuels both 21, about a college card-counter working Vegas, and Run Fatboy Run, about a shlub who runs a marathon for love's sake. But neither film takes the gold with NPR's critic.

Lupita Tovar was just a teenager when a Hollywood scout discovered her in Mexico City. Nearly seven decades and one postage stamp later, the star of the Spanish-language version of Dracula has no regrets.

If this TV cop looks familiar, that's no surprise. All told, Detective Munch (played by Richard Belzer) has appeared in more than 300 individual episodes of eight different television programs.

The new play Ying Tong: A Walk with the Goons chronicles the mental struggles of Spike Milligan, the comic genius behind The Goon Show, a 1950s BBC radio comedy. He suffered a nervous breakdown during the run of the groundbreaking show.

A new creative space dedicated to experimental collaboration between artists and scientists opens in Paris. Le Laboratoire is the brainchild of Harvard bio-medical technology professor David Edwards. Besides teaching, Edwards writes fiction and works in theater.

The U.S. Supreme Court edged toward a further erosion of the Voting Right act Monday, blocking for now a second majority-Black congressional district in Alabama for the 2022 election.

There's nothing like binge-watching a season or three of first-rate television. Herewith, holiday gift suggestions for the serious TV-watchers on your list.