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'WICKED: FOR GOOD'

Rated PG for action/violence, some suggestive material and thematic material.

What it’s about: The second act of the hit Broadway musical adaptation comes to the screen in part two, in which Glinda truly learns what it means to be "good."

The kid attractor factor: Kids will be drawn to the magical world of Oz, the songs, ...Read more

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To stave off smartphones, parents answer the landline's call: 'I can't recommend it highly enough'

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Teenagers are generally obsessed with their smartphones. So much so that Kristin Hatling’s family recently encountered a gaggle of them who had brought their screens into a resort’s hot tub.

“My daughter, who’s 11, was like, ‘Mom, all they’re doing is looking at their phones and, like, making kissy faces into them. ...Read more