Arts
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Filming ‘Virginia Woolf,’ the Battles Weren’t Just Onscreen
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA: Movies, Marriage and the Making of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ by Philip Gefter What a document dump! The most delicious parts of “Cocktails With George and Martha,” Philip Gefter’s unapologetically obsessive ...
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New Historical Fiction That Immerses You in Far-Flung Places
From England and France to the deepest Arctic and northern China, these stories will transport you.
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How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?
The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a chamber orchestra.
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Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr. and Missed Connections
Christopher Nolan and Robert Downey Jr. have each worked on some of the most lucrative and beloved superhero films of our time, many of them with enormous star-filled casts, so how is it that the two had never worked together on a movie before now ...
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The Big Pregame (Vegas’s Version)
Music blared as the Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. had a conversation across a barricade. Close by were Machine Gun Kelly, the platinum-blond musician, and his partner, the actor Megan Fox. Outside the 45,000-square-foot, strobe ...
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Ye’s New LP Debuts at a New York Arena. Why Do His Fans Stay Loyal?
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been mired in controversy after making a string of antisemitic remarks. Thousands showed up to hear “Vultures 1” on Friday night.
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A Tale of Midlife Love With a Bombshell Ending
In her new novel, “Leaving,” Roxana Robinson reunites a former couple. One of them is divorced; the other is still married. What now?
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A New Biography Tackles the Remarkable Career of Stanley Kubrick
On the 25th anniversary of the director’s death, two film scholars have published “Kubrick: An Odyssey.”
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What’s in a Name? RuNyx Won’t Tell You.
The author of “Gothikana” isn’t going to reveal much. But she will share a useful tip for writing and life.
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Seiji Ozawa: 8 Essential Recordings
Ozawa, who died this week at 88 years old, left behind a catalog made with orchestras in Boston, Chicago and elsewhere. Listen to highlights.