Books
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Songs from Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga Make the Oscar Shortlist
The academy also released shortlists for documentary, international feature and seven other categories.
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Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present
The 47-year-old playwright Lloyd Suh is having a moment, with a handful of plays that reveal how history can exact…
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Inside the Oscars’ Best-Actress Battle Royal
Forget the men: A banner crop of leading ladies, including Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, rule the Oscars’ deepest and…
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‘Women Talking’ and What a Post-#MeToo Future Looks Like
The director Sarah Polley and cast members Claire Foy and Rooney Mara dig into thorny issues raised by their new…
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What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy.
In “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” performed by City Ballet and young students from its School of American Ballet, ballet comes…
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‘The Collaboration’ Review: A Basquiat-Warhol Bromance in Bloom
Anthony McCarten’s biodrama about the artists’ work together lifts the curtain on their friendship, or at least it thinks it…
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How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back
A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items…
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Jim Parsons Takes the Romantic Lead
The Emmy-winning “Big Bang Theory” actor “could’ve done anything he wanted.” Now starring in the tear-jerker film “Spoiler Alert,” he’s…
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What Do Two Fires Have in Common? It Comes Down to Guts.
At MoMA, the choreographer and artist Yve Laris Cohen’s installation, inspired by a fire at Jacob’s Pillow, looks at the…
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Chelsea Handler Needs More Jennifer Coolidge in Her Life
The comedian, whose new Netflix special is “Revolution,” talks about siblings, Kristin Hannah and no longer being annoyed when people…