Books
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In ‘Strangers to Ourselves,’ a Revelatory Account of Mental Illness
STRANGERS TO OURSELVESUnsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsBy Rachel Aviv276 pages. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $28. Rachel Aviv…
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Academy Museum’s Show on Black Cinema Raises Questions About Who It’s for
In January 1942, Lena Horne signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She wasn’t the first Black performer to sign with a…
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An American Leads the Odesa Philharmonic to Berlin
BERLIN — There was a warm ovation as the musicians of the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra came onstage here on Tuesday…
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Venice: Could ‘Banshees’ Be Colin Farrell’s Oscar Breakthrough?
VENICE — When it comes to feuds, this year’s Venice Film Festival has really overdelivered. First, the director Alejandro G.…
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A Movie House Divided
Are you ready to see some movies? We are. But if news reports are right, you, like us are also…
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A Chess Champion Resolves Her ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Lawsuit Against Netflix
Lawyers for the pioneering chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili filed papers in federal court on Tuesday suggesting that they had settledher…
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DJ Khaled’s Latest All-Star Album, ‘God Did,’ Is His Fourth No. 1
Each new LP by DJ Khaled, hip-hop’s indomitable guru of positivity, is an all-star summit, chocked with A-list guest stars.…
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The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve
COSTA MESA, Calif. — As a teenager in Brooklyn, Fred Eversley filled a pie pan with Jell-O and spun it…
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A ‘Virtual Rapper’ Was Fired. Questions About Art and Tech Remain.
The story of FN Meka — a fictitious character billed as the first musical artist partly powered by artificial intelligence…
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‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality
“Our contribution to the history of the production is our bodies, our physical selves,” Crystal Lucas-Perry said of the Broadway…