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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Kate Samuelson ## Kate Samuelson Articles753Collections4 *  Sep 20, 2019 ### [Old Friendships, New Costumes and Timeless Royal Fever on the Set of the _Downton Abbey_ Movie](https://time.com/5681189/downton-abbey-movie-set-visit/) TIME visited Highclere Castle during the filming of the new movie, which sees most of the cast retur... [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 12, 2019 ### [CBS Renewed _Love Island_ Despite Lackluster Ratings. Can the Show Find its Happily Ever After in Season Two?](https://time.com/5623716/love-island-us-uk-remake-cbs-renewal/) 'Love Island' suffered from low ratings, but proved popular on streaming platforms [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 14, 2018 ### [11 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets From the _Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald_ Set](https://time.com/5451118/fantastic-beasts-sequel-set/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Nov 8, 2018 ### [Everything’s a Secret When You’re on the Set of _Fantastic Beasts_](https://time.com/5448816/fantastic-beasts-sequel-grindelwald-set/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Aug 8, 2018 ### [The Millennial Teetotalers Upending the Stereotype of Boozy Britain](https://time.com/5356272/millennial-teetotalers-boozy-britain/) The country's inestimable thirst for booze is seemingly running dry [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 8, 2018 ### [Anthony Bourdain Dead at 61](https://time.com/5305838/anthony-bourdain-dead/) He was found dead in his hotel room, where he was filming an episode of "Parts Unknown" [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 5, 2018 ### [Qatar Air CEO Says a Woman Could Never Do His Job](https://time.com/5301466/qatar-air-ceo-says-woman-could-never-do-his-job/) Qatar Airways 'has to be led by a man' [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Jun 5, 2018 ### [Josh Holt Describes Deplorable Conditions in Venezuelan Jail](https://time.com/5301518/josh-holt-interview-conditions-venezuelan-jail/) 'I was literally just laying in the ground in my underwear and just sweating as cockroaches were cra... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 5, 2018 ### [Parkland Officer Admits He Failed During School Shooting](https://time.com/5301479/scot-peterson-not-coward-parkland-school-shooting/) Scot Peterson didn't run into the school because, 'You can't just go willy nilly' [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 5, 2018 ### [Girl Critically Wounded in Indiana School Shooting Was Shot 7 Times, Family Says](https://time.com/5301459/ella-whistler-indiana-middle-school-shooting-victim/) Ella Whistler, 13, is in a stable condition but 'faces a long road to recovery' [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 1, 2018 ### [Lions, Tigers and a Jaguar Escaped From a Zoo and Are on the Loose in Germany](https://time.com/5298328/animals-escape-eifel-zoo-germany/) Officials warned local residents to stay inside [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 1, 2018 ### [Trump Decries 'Double Standard' That Roseanne Was Fired and Samantha Bee Wasn't](https://time.com/5298333/trump-samantha-bee-tweet/) Bee called Ivanka Trump a "feckless c--t" [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 25, 2018 ### [A View of Hawaii's Erupting Volcano From Space](https://time.com/5291685/kilauea-eruption-picture-space/) See the incredible image [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  May 25, 2018 ### [These Are the Books Harvey Weinstein Was Carrying When He Was Arrested](https://time.com/5291445/books-harvey-weinstein-carrying-arrested/) One appeared to be a biography of the controversial director and producer Elia Kazan [U.S.](/section/us/) *  May 25, 2018 ### [Who Was James Wong Howe? Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Honored With Google Doodle](https://time.com/5291413/james-wong-howe/) Howe was known for his 'constant efforts to achieve realism' in film [U.S.](/section/us/) Meta: {"\_\_typename":"Seo","meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection","edges":\[\]},"twitter\_card":null} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/","name":"Kate Samuelson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"},"name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```