The Best True Crime to Stream: 1970s and ’80s Kidnappings
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The Best True Crime to Stream: 1970s and ’80s Kidnappings

Across television, film and podcasting, here are five stories of child abductions that shook parents across the United States.
Marty Callner, Director of Comedy Specials and Music Videos, Dies at 78
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Marty Callner, Director of Comedy Specials and Music Videos, Dies at 78

At HBO in the late 1970s, he established the template for presenting stand-up on the small screen. He then became a mainstay of MTV in its early days.
Felice Picano, Champion of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 81
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Felice Picano, Champion of Gay Literature, Is Dead at 81

At a time when, in his words, “nobody was writing about gay life,” he produced groundbreaking novels and memoirs and published books by Harvey Fierstein and others.