Books
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Mona Simpson’s Fiancé Promised to Read ‘Middlemarch.’ He Never Did. Now He’s Her Ex.
What books are on your night stand? On my night stand? They’re crowded out by 15 pairs of reading glasses!…
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Trang Thanh Tran Has a Song for That
From Pomplamoose to MXMS to Taylor Swift, this best-selling author’s playlist is tailored to all the moods in “She Is…
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The Unsinkable Marilyn Maye
Turning the corner of 54th Street in a New York City taxi, the peerless nightclub singer Marilyn Maye is reminded…
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In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths
Years ago, when Scott Z. Burns was doing some uncredited script work on Steven Soderbergh’s escapist heist movie “Ocean’s Twelve”…
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Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and the Joy of Playing Villainous Goddesses
The “Shazam!” actresses say they signed on for their first superhero movie because the roles are a leap forward for…
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‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 1 Recap: Can the Center Hold?
There’s a lot going on in the season premiere, and most of it is not good.
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This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor
After breathing a sigh of relief that the night went smoothly, our critics examine the acting wins as well as…
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The F.B.I. Has an Art Crime Team. And These Days, It’s Busy.
A raid of the Orlando Museum of Art, in which 25 works attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat were seized, has placed…
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A24 Achieves Art-House Supremacy With Triumphant Oscar Night
The independent studio behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” became the first to sweep the acting awards…
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‘The Last of Us’ Finale: First-Person Shooter
In its stunning first-season finale, “The Last of Us” became a video game — and, in the process, morally potent…