The second season of 'Severance' manages to be even weirder than the first The Apple TV+ series emerged as an engrossing puzzle box of a show when it first debuted three years ago. And it just got even more surreal. Eric Deggans
Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports The Australian Open's animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates. Rachel Treisman
Skating enthusiasts are taking advantage of the cold, snowless days in Maine There's an upside to the lack of snow in much of New England -- great skating. We head out on a couple of Maine's lakes to explore the burgeoning sport of "wild ice skating." Ari Snider
Shakespeare meets gaming in 'Grand Theft Hamlet' During pandemic lockdowns, two actors decided to try to stage a Shakespeare play entirely inside the game Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story. Bob Mondello
David Lynch, who directed off-kilter classics, dies at 78 His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks. Kyle Norris
A woman invented the rape kit. So why was a man given credit for it? Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s. Tonya Mosley
'American Primeval' offers a gritty, heartfelt take on the Wild West Set in the lawless Utah territory of 1857, Netflix's six-part series features chaotic violence, endearing characters and some sights and performances you'll not soon forget. David Bianculli
Conan O'Brien will receive the Mark Twain Prize for comedy "I am honored to be the first winner of the Mark Twain Prize recognized not for humor, but for my work as a riverboat pilot," O'Brien said in a release from The Kennedy Center. Elizabeth Blair
Local LA theaters bring puppets and movies to families for respite from fires Vidiots and the Bob Baker Marionette Theater teamed up to provide an escape from reality for families facing trauma and loss from the Los Angeles wildfires. Jonaki Mehta
L.A.'s Magic Castle gives back after surviving fires An L.A. institution spared from the flames gives back to the community with material donations and magic tricks to lift evacuees' spirits. Elise Hu
