Arts
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Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Have Nothing and Everything in Common
It’s one thing to cry while performing. Emma Stone can do that. What she doesn’t want to do, and what she found herself doing anyway, is to cry in the middle of an interview. “I’m such an actor, what is wrong with me?” she said, her eyes welling up ...
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Best TV Shows of 2023
Series like “The Bear,” “Beef,” “Happy Valley,” “Reservation Dogs” and “Succession” dazzled in a year when much of the TV business was in disarray.
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Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Roll
“I either suck or I’m awesome,” Casey Likes said as he entered Frames, a snazzy bowling alley tucked into a corner of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. “There is no in-between.” It was shortly after 11 p.m. on a recent Thursday, and Likes, 21, the ...
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Met Announces 2024 Art Commissions, Including Lee Bul, Sculptor of Cyborgs
Lee, of South Korea, will transform the facade; Petrit Halilaj of Kosovo, the Roof Garden; and Tong Yang-Tze, the Great Hall with calligraphy.
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A Masterpiece That Inspired Gabriel García Márquez to Write His Own
Readers of Latin American literature may have heard one of the many versions of this story: It is 1961 and Gabriel García Márquez has just arrived in Mexico City, penniless but full of literary ambition, trying desperately to work on a new novel ...
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For Women ‘Art Monsters,’ Both Beauty and Excess Are Key
The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara Walker.
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Talking About the 10 Best Books of 2023
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | How to Listen It’s that time of year: After months of reading, arguing and (sometimes) happily agreeing, the Book Review’s editors have come up with their picks for the 10 Best Books of 2023. On this week’s ...
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New York City Ballet and Its Orchestra Reach Contract Deal
The agreement, which includes an increase in compensation of about 22 percent over three years, ends months of tense negotiations.
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Dolly Parton (Really) Rocks
“Rockstar,” the country icon’s new double album of rock songs, is now the highest charting LP of her career. But her history with the genre runs deep.
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Did That $4 Thrift Shop Painting Really Sell for $191,000? Nope.
A New Hampshire couple was quite happy when a rare N.C. Wyeth work they stumbled upon sold for so much at auction. But when the buyer reneged, the sale and their vacation dreams were undone.