Arts
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These Oscar Snubs Still Rile Up Readers
You can’t forgive the Academy for passing up “Brokeback Mountain” or omitting Amy Adams in “Arrival,” among other oversights that still sting.
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Lisa Ann Walter of ‘Abbott Elementary’ on the Show She’ll Never Forget
“I would challenge anybody to see Patti LuPone in her prime sing ‘Evita,’” the actress said, “and not say, ‘That was the best show I’ve ever seen in my life.’”
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Oscars 2023 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress?
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is the favorite, but “All Quiet on the Western Front” could be a spoiler. Here’s how our expert is marking his ballot.
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A Food Writer Whose Essays Go Heavy on the Salt and Fire
IF YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury, by Geraldine DeRuiter Geraldine DeRuiter, the pungent voice behind the Everywhereist blog, knows how to rant. You may have read her fiery rejoinder to the cinnamon roll recipe that the ...
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Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘Erasure,’ by Percival Everett
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to Listen It’s not often that the Academy Awards give the publishing world any gristle to chew on. But at this year’s Oscars ceremony — taking place on Sunday evening — one of the Best Picture contenders is ...
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This Debut Novel Is a Wondrous Babel of Ideas and Language
In “The Extinction of Irena Rey,” a writer goes missing and her translators give pursuit — until things get weird.
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To Make ‘The Notebook’ a Musical, She Wove in Memories of Her Parents
Family history is “wrapped up in these songs,” said the singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, who is making the leap to Broadway with an adaptation of the popular romance novel.
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Activists Deface Portrait of Balfour, Who Supported Jewish Homeland
A pro-Palestinian group slashed and spray-painted a century-old portrait of the author of the Balfour Declaration at the University of Cambridge in England.
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At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales
Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.
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Review: Igor Levit Wields Orchestral Power With Just a Piano
For his latest Carnegie Hall appearance, Levit played solo piano transcriptions of symphonic works by Mahler and Beethoven.