Arts
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‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Review: A Frontier Injustice
David Oyelowo gives an unimpeachable performance, but Taylor Sheridan still hasn’t met a western that he can’t turn into an overheated melodrama.
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Carrie Coon Likes to ‘Play the Baddie’ in ‘The Gilded Age’
Playing a new-money upstart in “The Gilded Age,” the actor isn’t afraid to go big. “You can’t take it too seriously,” she said. “You can’t take yourself too seriously.”
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Have Yourself a Jazzy, or Pop-Punk or Country Little Christmas
Our critics on 10 new holiday albums from Cher, Robert Glasper, Sabrina Carpenter and more.
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The Fantasy of the Fun TV Dad
In the children’s series “Bluey” and its conservative knockoff, “Chip Chilla,” boundlessly attentive fathers step in to assuage parental anxieties.
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Was a Scandal the Best Thing to Happen to Hasan Minhaj?
At the Beacon, the comic took a different tack after posting a video rebutting a New Yorker article on fabrications in his work. The crowd went wild.
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Jeff Koons Killed Her Review
The decision by an arts journal to allow the famous artist to veto a historian’s essay about his work created “a chilling effect on the critical culture,” a journalism expert said.
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‘S.N.L.’ Hands Out Christmas Awards as Kate McKinnon Returns
McKinnon was self-deprecating and did not reprise any impersonations of politicians or celebrities. Billie Eilish was the musical guest.
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That $4 Thrift Shop Painting Finally Does Sell for Big Bucks
A New Hampshire couple was heartbroken when the sale of a rare N.C. Wyeth work they found fell through. But a new buyer emerged, paying more than $100,000.
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What ‘Pocahontas’ Tells Us About Disney, for Better and Worse
The animated tale was both controversial and an Oscar-winning box office hit. It’s also one of the rare films from that era that the company isn’t eager to remake.
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For Tracee Ellis Ross, Happiness Is a Bowl of Olives and Her Own Clothes
“My closet is my happy place,” said the actress, who is starring in “Candy Cane Lane” and “American Fiction.” “It is where dreams are made and looks are invented.”