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The Dishy Operatics of Lily Allen’s Breakup Album
In late October, two days after the British singer-songwriter Lily Allen unexpectedly released her confessional fifth album, “West End…
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A Bulgarian Novelist Explores What Dies When Your Father Does
That’s where time visibly slows down, it dozes off in the corners, blinking like a cat looking through thin blinds. It’s always afternoon…
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Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir
Hamlet, to say the least, was in a similar pickle, and it’s almost comically appropriate that Hopkins’s memoir should be so…
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What do war, feminism and love smell like? This German exhibition 'nose' the answer
Paintings hang lifelessly in the long corridors of museums we visited on school trips. Marble sculptures stand forever frozen in action.…
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Laurie Metcalf’s Stunning Return to Broadway in “Little Bear Ridge Road”
Samuel D. Hunter’s “Little Bear Ridge Road,” directed by Joe Mantello at the Booth, on Broadway, is a small, quiet drama set in a large,…
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Claire-Louise Bennett’s Misanthropic Breakup Novel
And the narrator, despite her waning attraction, continues to call and write to him. She is recalcitrant as a rule. This is a woman who,…
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Emma Thompson Talks with Helen Shaw
On October 26, 2025, the actor and writer Emma Thompson joined the staff writer Helen Shaw for a discussion at the 26th annual New Yorker…
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Sarah Jessica Parker Talks with Rachel Syme
On October 26, 2025, the actor Sarah Jessica Parker took the stage with the New Yorker staff writer Rachel Syme for a conversation at the…
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St. Vincent Talks with Vinson Cunningham
On October 25, 2025, the musician St. Vincent talked with the New Yorker staff writer Vinson Cunningham at the 26th annual New Yorker…
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Louvre museum relocates jewels days after spectacular Paris heist
Days after the spectacular break-in at the Louvre in Paris, some of the museum's valuable jewellery has been taken to the Banque de France…
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Louvre museum in Paris relocates some jewels - with police escort
Five days after the spectacular break-in at the Louvre in Paris, part of the museum's valuable jewellery collection was transferred to the…
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Springsteen’s Self-Mythologizing Home Movie
A showbiz rock ’n’ roll version of Hamilton. Source link
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Louvre museum to remain shut after spectacular heist as hunt for thieves continues
The Louvre Museum in Paris will remain closed on Monday following a daring robbery in which eight priceless royal jewels were stolen in…
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A Bona-Fide Disco Album That Feels Urgently of the Moment
Many of the paired dances of the twentieth century—the foxtrot, the waltz, the Lindy Hop—reflected the binary gender dynamics of the day:…
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A Superbloom of Daring Theatre Hits New York
In Preston Max Allen’s “Caroline,” directed deftly by David Cromer, a onetime wild child, Maddie (Chloë Grace Moretz), reëngages with her…
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D’Angelo’s Genius Was Pure, and Rare
This week, the R. & B. singer D’Angelo died at age fifty-one, of cancer. He was best known for deftly combining the heft and tenderness of…
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Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” Reinvents the Heist Movie
One of the joys of reviewing movies is witnessing a longtime filmmaker’s artistic breakthrough, as has happened with Kelly Reichardt. A…
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“A House of Dynamite” Is a Major Misfire from a Great Filmmaker
Little of this plays to Bigelow’s strengths. She has directed at least one screw-tightening nuclear-crisis movie before, the…
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Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix
Spotify video podcasts are coming to Netflix, further diversifying the types of content on the Los Gatos, Calif.-based streaming service…
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V. R. Lang, a Forgotten Queen Bee of Modern Poetry
Candidly. The past, the sensations of the past. Now! in cuneiform, of umbrella satrap square-carts with hotdogs and onions of red syrup…
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Misty Copeland’s Ballet Send-Off
Sometimes a return is also a farewell. Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, may be the most…
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Boggle and Pictionary TV games coming to Netflix
Netflix on Wednesday night unveiled its first games for the TV, as the Los Gatos streamer aims to gain a bigger share of the video game…