Marialexa Kavanaugh
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Marialexa Kavanaugh is a freelance journalist and graduate student at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute with a concentration in longform reporting. She has written pieces for Narratively, Bedford and Bowery, Feministing.com and LAist. Prior to NYU, she worked primarily in radio, gaining experience as an afternoon newscaster for KSFR in her hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Later, she spent a year working at Southern California Public Radio, editing stories for the station’s Arts and Entertainment department.
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But with over 100 people nominated in 27 categories for tonight's 70th Emmy Awards, how can you really tell which shows are the best of the best? And, more importantly, how do you win your office Emmys ballot?
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New Netflix documentary, "Reversing Roe," wants you to see how abortion got politicized in the first place. -
We've got the highlights of what you need to know to appreciate that pivotal scene. -
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People used to think pianist/composer/singer-songwriter Randy Newman was too offensive. Now he's a legend. -
David Klawans and Jeff Maysh dig up crazy true stories, make them into longreads, then sell them as movies. -
He developed a relationship with David Duke -- over the phone. Then his white partner went in to KKK meetings as the real-life version of him. -
"It's a buddy comedy in a world that won't let it be one." That's thanks to issues like police brutality, gentrification, and more.
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