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Anything your children know about Greek mythology they probably learned from the Percy Jackson books. Rick Riordan’s six fantasy novels featuring Poseidon’s son have sold over 180 million copies, making it one of the bestselling series of all time.

The 2020 to 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are out, updated every five years. This edition urges us to make every bite count -- to think about how everything we eat and drink makes a difference.

We haven’t really discussed Doctor Who at all in this column, and that is pretty sad. I suppose it is due to other things taking my attention away, and some more pressing reviews taking priority, but now I have a golden opportunity to share my opinion on the three specials that recently came out for the 60th anniversary.

Writer-director Cord Jefferson had never heard of “ Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure’ until the 2020 day he picked it up. He started to read and quickly sensed his life was about to change.

“Wonka,” the new musical origin story of everyone’s favorite mischievous chocolatier, is a lot like the creative confections our protagonist conjures — we don’t need chocolate, but how can we resist such a tantalizing treat? It’s the same quandary with this movie: we never needed a musical origin story of Willy Wonka, but how can we resist this whimsical and wonderful tale crafted by “Paddington” and “Paddington 2” auteur Paul King and starring Timothée Chalamet ? Don’t even try to resist, just enjoy the indulgence.