Books
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Review: The Cocktail Wit Is Watered Down in a Rickety New ‘Cottage’
Jason Alexander directs a Broadway farce that aims for the high style of Noël Coward but falls on its face…
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How the Indigo Girls Brought Barbie ‘Closer to Fine’
A 1989 song about soul searching has maintained cultural relevance for three decades, but the band has also long been…
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Tony Bennett Used His Celebrity to Promote Civil Rights
The singer witnessed racism in the military and in the music industry, experiences that informed his decision to join the…
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‘Barbenheimer’ Is a Huge Hollywood Moment and Maybe the Last for a While
The big launch of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” should have been a celebratory moment, but an industry on pause has darkened…
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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Dueted. Their Stars Were Reborn.
The crooner and the pop star seemed like unlikely collaborators when they joined up in 2014. But the two masters…
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Barbenheimer: The Unofficial Playlist
10 songs marked by aesthetic contrasts for the movies’ big opening weekend.
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The Personal Back Story Driving ‘They Cloned Tyrone’
Juel Taylor talks about his first film as a director, an adventurous sci-fi comedy starring Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and…
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Christopher Nolan and the Contradictions of J. Robert Oppenheimer
With the biopic “Oppenheimer,” due July 21, the writer-director Christopher Nolan, known for brain-twisting films like “Interstellar” and “Inception,” addresses…
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In ‘Twisted Metal’ Series, Killer Clowns Come With Class Commentary
Peacock’s new show indulges in the same ultraviolence as the video game that inspired it. But this time it has…
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Where’s the Controversy in ‘Philip Guston Now’?
The show makes its final U.S. stop at the National Gallery without feared protests. But some caricatures in the artist’s…