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This Year's Best Actress Category Is Stacked, but There's One Contender Other Actors Speak of in Tones of Awe -- Isaac Butler

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There's a New Sherlock Holmes Show. It's Hardly Recognizable. -- Laura Miller -- What makes a Sherlock Holmes story? Not whatever is in Young Sherlock on Prime.

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He Gave His 14-Year-Old Son an AR-15. Now He's Guilty of Murder. Good. -- Austin Sarat -- On Tuesday, a jury in Georgia found Colin Gray guilty of second-degree murder, manslaughter, cruelty to children, and reckless conduct.

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