Exclusive: Nancy Pelosi to guest star on ‘30 Rock’ series finale
“I would do almost anything Tina Fey asks me to do,” the House Minority Leader said.
NCS changes rules to increase recognition of online comics
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National Cartoonists Society alters criteria, splits webcomic awards into two categories.
Nancy Pelosi to guest-star on ‘30 Rock’
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TV COLUMN | The House minority leader “would do almost anything” Tina Fey asks her to do.
Historic Costa Book win for graphic work ‘Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes’
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Co-author Mary Talbot calls Biography honor ‘long overdue recognition’ for graphic novels.
Heroes realized in ‘Orchestra of Exiles’
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A recent film and recent death are reminders of how artists can rise to meet a great moral challenge.
Singer Patti Page achieved hits with ‘Tennessee Waltz,’ other pop numbers
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Known as the “Singing Rage,” Ms. Page, 85, became one of the most successful female pop singers.
Novelist as pen pal
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“Selected Letters of William Styron” is full of literary gossip and stylish prose.
‘Navigating Early,’ by Clare Vanderpool
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A wilderness journey becomes a way through guilt and grief, too.
‘Unspoken,’ by Henry Cole
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A wordless picture book about a young girl on the Underground Railroad.
More adventures from Alexander McCall Smith
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In “Unusual Uses for Olive Oil,” Professor Dr. Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld returns.
King Arthur returns, in strange literary guises
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The legendary monarch resurfaces in an exceedingly dry literary thriller and a gory poem.
‘An Iliad’ beats the antiwar drum
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Homeric saga becomes a vague and mopey appeal for nonviolence in adaptation at the Studio Theatre.
Hands down, this is the most compelling cartoon of the year:
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When ‘Cul de Sac’ creator Richard Thompson really shared the inner workings of his brain.
A complicated trip but worthwhile trip
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REVIEW | In Will Self’s nonlinear “Umbrella,” a comatose woman is revived 50 years after World War I.
Quick spins: Robert Soko’s ‘Soundlab’ fuses tradition, technology
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Soko remixes club favorites by just about anybody who’s anybody on the contemporary Slavic music scene.
Entertainment Videos
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The making of The List: A mockumentary
VIDEO | For 35 years, The Washington Post Style section has produced The List, dividing our culture into what is out and in for the coming year. Past authors of The List discuss how it has evolved and what its future holds.![Decorating the Home of the Commandants Decorating the Home of the Commandants](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130104134116im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/12/Style/Videos/Images/commandants-still.jpg)
Decorating the Home of the Commandants
Every year, dozens of Marine Corps spouses gather at the Home of the Commandants, which is home to the Corps’ highest-ranking officer, to decorate the house for Christmas.![Diana Ross performs at TNT’s ‘Christmas in Washington’ Diana Ross performs at TNT’s ‘Christmas in Washington’](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130104134116im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/10/Style/Images/Obama_Christmas_in_Washington_0a3f1.jpg)
Diana Ross performs at TNT’s ‘Christmas in Washington’
Singer Diana Ross performs classic Christmas songs at TNT’s “Christmas in Washington” special.![Psy performs Christmas-themed ‘Gangnam Style’ Psy performs Christmas-themed ‘Gangnam Style’](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130104134116im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/10/Style/Images/1580357151355110631.jpg)
Psy performs Christmas-themed ‘Gangnam Style’
South Korean singer Psy performed his hit “Gangnam Style” at TNT’s “Christmas in Washington” special.![Steelpan orchestra brings Caribbean vibe to Christmas concert Steelpan orchestra brings Caribbean vibe to Christmas concert](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130104134116im_/http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_90x60/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/07/Style/Videos/Images/steelpan.jpg)
Steelpan orchestra brings Caribbean vibe to Christmas concert
Listen to the Postive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra performs Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”Diversions
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