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Time Capsule: Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters

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In this week’s Time Capsule, we’re looking at the birth of the Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl’s solo project formed through his search for purpose and clarity after Kurt Cobain’s passing—which arrived on Independence Day in 1995 and became a pivotal, post-grunge turning point for alt-rock in perpetuity.

The Best Xbox Games of 2024 (So Far)

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Our recap of this year’s gaming highlights continues with a look at the best games to hit the Xbox so far in 2024.

A Young Con Artist Goes Missing In This Excerpt From The Confidence Games

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Get your first look at Tess Amy’s debut novel The Confidence Games, about a pair of con artists who find themselves on the wrong side of blackmail.

Tag Along With Chronicles of a Wandering Saint For Metaphysical Comedy

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It maintains unflagging awareness of what it means to believe, worship, and hope. Our Chronicles of a Wandering Saint review:

Emma Roberts Ditches Screwball for the Phony Uplift of Space Cadet

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Roberts has no trouble playing broad; it’s the movie that feels cautious about how much of a caricature it feels comfortable drawing. Writer-director Liz W. Garcia has previously specialized in relatively grounded indie character studies like The Lifeguard and One Percent More Humid; maybe those experiences nagged at her during the making of this movie, urging her not to turn Rex into a cartoon. Instead, she becomes several contradictory cartoons at once.