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We live in a world where the system creates people designed to move quick and work even faster, where it is essential to labor diligently. However, every once in a while, when you take a break from your usual day and observe the little things around you, you feel and connect differently with the world. Director Naomi Jay’s Darkest Miriam, adapted from a Martha Baillie novel, feels like a sad love letter to people who dream of feeling more human but don’t get to. A story of a librarian, her eccentric daily life, and a bizarre group of people she encounters in the library. However, her gloomy and routine-ish life takes a turn when she falls in love and starts receiving threatening letters from an unknown person.

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Working in a public library can seem a tad boring, but Miriam, who we are rooting for here,...

Final Jeopardy is meant to be a very tough part of the game, but was Wednesday night’s last clue on Jeopardy! utterly impossible? Some fans certainly seem to vehemently think so — especially since it resulted in a triple stumper. In the category “Rhyme Time: Opera Edition,” the clue was as follows: “Telling the story of a duke, a jester & the jester’s daughter, it was written by poet Francesco Maria Piave.” The answer? “What is the ‘Rigoletto’ Libretto?” None of the contestants got this correct, and two of them —new challengers Ben Mills and Kelcy LópezFreeman— didn’t even venture a guess! Returning champion Allison Gross, meanwhile, gave it a whirl with “What is Don Juan?” which was obviously not right. “That may be one of the most evil FJs I’ve seen in years,” one fan wrote in response to the clue on Reddit. “I honestly feel bad for the contestants.