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Good morning: Here's your first look at the issues behind today's Florida politics.

Rodrigo's spiky "good 4 u" isn't just a breakup song: It inserts her into a tradition of art, including one particularly beloved cult horror film, about the right of teenage girls to get angry.

How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations? WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and ...

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Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images The 2021 Oscars could have been a disaster. Maybe they should have been a disaster. Even at the tail end of the Covid-19 pandemic and its associated quarantines, much of the world remains locked down. Holding an awards show in a Los Angeles train station, even at limited capacity and with socially distanced stars, could have come off as tasteless at best. Yet the awards were actually pretty darn memorable — at least until a last-second upset in a m...

Fate: The Winx Saga — which the network recently announced is its most-watched series of 2021 so far. Out of all of these titles, Shadow and Bone feels the most like a would-be Game of Thrones successor. A typical Chosen One narrative, the story centers on a teenage orphan named Alina, who works as a mapmaker on the front lines for a perpetually war-torn country called Ravka. In the heat of battle, she discovers unexpectedly that she belongs to the Grisha — a group of humans with supernat...

How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts Vox.com 2 hrs ago Eliza Barclay and Lauren Katz © Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images Climate change activists paint the Earth with chalk during a protest in front of the Spanish Parliament calling for action in climate policies. This April, Vox’s podcasts are teaming up to cover some of the most important issues threatening life on Earth. From sustainability to biodiversity to straight-up cool things about the...

Taylor Swift’s Pandemic Redemption Taylor Swift responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with an album uniquely suited for it: contemplative, low-fi, acoustic songs perfect for isolation. A lot has been said about narratives during Taylor Swift’s career. In her response to Kim Kardashian leaking a recorded phone call between Swift and Kanye West in 2016, Swift wrote, “I would like to be excluded from this narrative.” She later parodied that pointed response in her “Look What You Made Me Do...

Promising Young Woman. Will it take home the big prize? Focus Features This year, eight films are in the running for Best Picture, the most prestigious award at the Oscars. That’s a lot of movies to watch, analyze, and enjoy! So in the days before the ceremony on April 25, Vox staffers are looking at each of the nominees in turn. What makes this film appealing to Academy voters? What makes it emblematic of the year? And should it win? Below, Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson, senior correspond...

How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts From climate change policy to clean energy technology, these episodes focus on ways to solve the environmental crisis. Share this story Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images This April, Vox’s podcasts are teaming up to cover some of the most important issues threatening life on Earth. From sustainability to biodiversity to straight-up cool things about the natural world, we’ll focus on our planet and its limits in episodes through...