Books
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Alicia Keys Steps Into a New Spotlight
“Hell’s Kitchen,” a musical inspired by the singer-songwriter’s teenage years in New York, is set to open Off Broadway.
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Introducing Nathan Lane, the Hip New Face of A24
When you’re pondering actors associated with the indie-film company A24, your thoughts may run to the young, hot and impossibly…
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When the Phone Rings and the Voice Says: You’ve Won a MacArthur Award
On Wednesday, 20 Americans, all anonymously nominated, were recognized by the MacArthur Foundation with $800,000 fellowships often referred to as…
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Review: Double the Possession, Half the Fun
Two young girls bring something nasty home from the woods in this too-busy, uninvolving possession movie.
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‘Our Flag Means Death’ Review: Stormy Seas in Season 2
An offbeat pirate comedy with a devoted fan base tacks in the direction of romance.
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Read Your Way Through Missoula
Montana calls to storytellers: The cold clear waters of its rivers have carried the voices of its inhabitants from time…
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1960s London Comes Alive in a Fierce, Funny Coming-of-Age Novel
In “The Halt During the Chase,” by Rosemary Tonks — first published in 1972, and newly reissued — a young…
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The Forrest Gump of Data Mining Saw It All
McKenzie Funk’s “The Hank Show” follows the improbable career of one man, and the surveillance state he helped create.
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In Season 3 of ‘Only Murders,’ the Show, and the Deaths, Went On
Tuesday’s finale of “Only Murders in the Building” wrapped a season that was a love letter to Broadway musicals, not…
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6 Podcasts for the Spooky Season
These shows deliver disturbing true stories of everyday horror, lively recaps of scary movies and creepy scripted dramas about the…