Books
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Nicki Minaj Has No. 1 Album as Mariah Carey Regains Holiday Crown
Minaj’s first studio LP in five years, “Pink Friday 2,” opens at the top of the album chart, while “All…
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He Made a Magazine, 95 Issues, While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic
The people who hid Curt Bloch, a German Jew, in the crawl space of a Dutch home gave him both…
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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: A Frontier Injustice
David Oyelowo gives an unimpeachable performance, but Taylor Sheridan still hasn’t met a western that he can’t turn into an…
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Carrie Coon Likes to ‘Play the Baddie’ in ‘The Gilded Age’
Playing a new-money upstart in “The Gilded Age,” the actor isn’t afraid to go big. “You can’t take it too…
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Have Yourself a Jazzy, or Pop-Punk or Country Little Christmas
Our critics on 10 new holiday albums from Cher, Robert Glasper, Sabrina Carpenter and more.
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The Fantasy of the Fun TV Dad
In the children’s series “Bluey” and its conservative knockoff, “Chip Chilla,” boundlessly attentive fathers step in to assuage parental anxieties.
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Was a Scandal the Best Thing to Happen to Hasan Minhaj?
At the Beacon, the comic took a different tack after posting a video rebutting a New Yorker article on fabrications…
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Jeff Koons Killed Her Review
The decision by an arts journal to allow the famous artist to veto a historian’s essay about his work created…
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‘S.N.L.’ Hands Out Christmas Awards as Kate McKinnon Returns
McKinnon was self-deprecating and did not reprise any impersonations of politicians or celebrities. Billie Eilish was the musical guest.
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That $4 Thrift Shop Painting Finally Does Sell for Big Bucks
A New Hampshire couple was heartbroken when the sale of a rare N.C. Wyeth work they found fell through. But…