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Morning in America
There is a famous story by the French writer Jean Giono about a man who plants trees in a barren valley. “For three years he had been planting trees in this wilderness. He had planted one hundred thousand. Of the hundred thousand, twenty thousand had ...
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Mildred Miller, Stalwart of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 98
In her 23 years at the Met, she sang with the greatest stars of her day. She had a second career as a leading figure in the artistic life of Pittsburgh.
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The Roles That Defined Andre Braugher’s Career
The versatile actor was most known for vastly different portrayals of TV cops, but also shone in roles across film and stage.
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Andre Braugher, Actor on ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ Dies at 61
He was best known for playing stoic police officers on two acclaimed but very different television series — one an intense drama, the other a comedy.
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Joss Ackland, Busy, Versatile Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 95
He was a villain in “Lethal Weapon 2,” C.S. Lewis on TV in “Shadowlands” and Falstaff onstage in “Henry IV” — and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.
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Often Dismissed, Sideline Reporters Now Deal With Fabrication Fallout
Charissa Thompson’s statement that she had made up reports during N.F.L. games on Fox left many of her counterparts aghast.
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Richard Moll, Towering Bailiff on ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 80
In a career that spanned more than four decades, the actor was best known for playing the imposing but lovable Bull Shannon on the NBC sitcom.
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Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81
Richard Roundtree, the actor who redefined African American masculinity in the movies when he played the title role in “Shaft,” one of the first Black action heroes, died on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 81. His manager, Patrick McMinn ...
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After Nearly Five Decades, Waltraud Meier Takes Her Final Opera Bow
The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.”
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There Is No Separating the Black Dancer From the Dance
I am a ballet dancer and a Black man, in that order. I left the United States to train at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow at age 15 so that people would see my skill first and not my skin. It was a naïve dream, I realize now, since unlike ...
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