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1 week ago | sun-sentinel.com | Sam Roberts

Marthe Cohn was barely 25 on April 11, 1945, and Jewish, but, being blond and blue-eyed, she could pass for an Aryan. She was French, from northeastern Alsace, but spoke German fluently. She was a nurse and, at 4 feet, 11 inches tall, somewhat inconspicuous. She was so keen and inquisitive that her comrades nicknamed her Chichinette, translated loosely as a pain in the neck. She was also a spy, working with the French resistance to Nazi occupiers in World War II.

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For subscribersJune 16, 2025A morning show dramedy with verveFrom left, Jacob Lohmann, Hadi Ka-Koush and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal in a scene from “Chaos.” ViaplayDear Watchers,The Danish dramedy “Chaos” (in Danish, with subtitles), on Viaplay, centers on a morning show in crisis. “Denmark Awakes” is chugging along, not particularly vibrant or hugely popular but a fixture nonetheless.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Sam Roberts

Harris Yulin, a chameleonic character actor who for more than six decades portrayed guys whom critics described as unsympathetic, soulful, menacing, corrupt and glowering, both onstage and onscreen, died Tuesday in New York. He was 87. His wife, Kristen Lowman, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest. Inspired to pursue an acting career when he first took center stage at his bar mitzvah, Mr. Yulin never became a marquee name.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Roberts

Marthe Cohn was barely 25 on April 11, 1945, and Jewish, but, being blond and blue-eyed, she could pass for an Aryan. She was French, from northeastern Alsace, but spoke German fluently. She was a nurse and, at 4 feet 11, somewhat inconspicuous. She was so keen and inquisitive that her comrades nicknamed her Chichinette, translated loosely as a pain in the neck. She was also a spy, working with the French resistance to Nazi occupiers in World War II.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Sam Roberts

3 hours agoTalking Shop with prima ballerina Tiler PeckLearn more about the protein bars that get her through 6-hour rehearsals, plus the drugstore lip tint she swears by. Talking Shop is our series where we talk to interesting people about their most interesting buys.