Books
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Dominates the Album and Singles Charts
For her last two solo albums, Beyoncé turned the music business on its head by rewriting the standard marketing playbook.…
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Princess’ and ‘Password’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials…
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Rescuing Art in Ukraine with Foam, Crates and Cries for Help
LVIV, Ukraine — A month after the Russian army invaded Ukraine, the photographer Roman Metelskiy stood on the platform of…
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Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic
BAYREUTH, Germany — About 150 years ago, in a megalomaniac’s coup, Richard Wagner built a theater on a hilltop here…
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Watch Daniel Kaluuya Face a U.F.O. in ‘Nope’
In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their…
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The Composer Huang Ruo on Illusion and Betrayal in ‘M. Butterfly’
The question from the Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo came out of the blue: Would David Henry Hwang, the American playwright,…
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‘Easter Sunday’ Review: A Feel-Good Filipino Family Comedy
“Easter Sunday” has all the makings of a rollicking family comedy: The protagonist is a struggling actor and comedian with…
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A Road Trip to Sample America’s Many, Many Music Festivals
Four classical music festivals. Three children. Two exhausted parents, with a brave grandfather in tow. One bedraggled minivan. It’ll be…
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos.…
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Heard the One About the Hole That Swallowed Part of Chicago?
MOUNT CHICAGO, by Adam Levin Adam Levin’s expansive new novel begins with a high-concept catastrophe. One day in November 2021,…