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In songs like “Slip Away” and “Back Door Santa,” he performed with the fervor of a backwoods preacher and the bawdy humor of a juke joint.
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A dependably stylish fair expands and reappears on the far side of Chinatown.
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At the Park Avenue Armory, home to the art fair with the deepest roots in Europe, five names wooed our critic, cutting through the star system.
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At 50, on a lark, she published a romance novel with her husband, Michael Fain. Like their characters, they found their lives transformed by unexpected success.
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Be seduced by the land of sirens before the high-season crowds descend.
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Passion becomes possession in Curry Barker’s supernatural, be-careful-what-you-wish-for horror movie.
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Katie Aselton’s melodrama follows a woman in the California desert who is reeling after a mysterious marriage conflict.
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A group of teenagers seem to be targeting a cryptocurrency billionaire out of boredom, but they have a more sympathetic motive in this hacker film.
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This surreal satire blends anthropomorphic charm with existential dread to critique capitalism, though its meta-commentary leaves some haunting questions frustratingly unanswered.
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Over six years, a filmmaker captured her aunt’s largely self-sufficient lifestyle and eccentricities on a 54-acre farm in Canada.
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Late night hosts responded to President Trump’s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by 17 chief executives including Tim Cook and Elon Musk.
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A jury in Los Angeles found the rapper and three of his companies liable for more than $400,000 after he played an unauthorized music sample at an event in 2021.
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She was the first Black South African to enter the Miss World contest, placing in the top five in 1972.
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Sometimes called the Stephen King of Japan, he helped create a genre known as J-horror and spawned one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.
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Voice memos, snail mail and your own private screening room.
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Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, had admitted to selling 51 vials of ketamine to the actor, including the dose that killed him.
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The event’s leaders immediately jumped into the debate over whether festival participants should speak out on issues like Israel and Gaza.
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The comedian is contributing some 20,000 documents and photos covering his career, including his time in the Army and the lyrics for “Springtime for Hitler.”
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Five luxury artworks hold the key to the spring season, one of the most anticipated sales in years. Major buyers are looking past female and younger artists and toward tradition.
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This 1971 movie, restored and revived for a week at the IFC Center, offers ample evidence of Elaine May’s screwball genius.
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In photos by his wife, Tatiana Franchetti, whose negatives were discovered by his granddaughter, we see more personal sides to the 20th-century master.
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The singers discussed their stalkers and their experience inside a trailer struck by gunfire, according to a police report. A woman has been charged with attempted murder.
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This documentary spotlights the individual histories and struggles of 15 figures from all walks of life, connected by their inclusion in the Asian and Pacific diasporas.
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Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.
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Jade Manns is part of a generation of young dance artists who dig deep inside the body’s inner landscape. Nature leads the way.
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The actor’s large scale, Neo-Expressionist-inspired paintings are now on view in New York.
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The best-selling author Lynn Painter recommends low-heat love stories that deliver on juicy tension, crackling banter and plenty of swoon.
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“Well, well, well, looks like the Sleepy Joe-er has become the sleepy Joe-ee,” Klepper said after President Trump was seen with his eyes closed during an event in the Oval Office.
By Trish Bendix
A landmark of New Wave cinema, “The 400 Blows” brought her enduring global attention. She later appeared in “La Cage Aux Folles” and “Amélie.”
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In an exception to the usual paintings-heavy blockbuster exhibitions, the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the masterful drawings of Willem de Kooning.
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Pietrasanta, in the Tuscan region of Italy, has become an international sculpture hub that bursts with activity, especially in summer.
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A number of works by Manuel Acevedo are being displayed throughout the city in outdoor spots highly visible to the residents who inspired them.
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Over three decades, Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker.”
By Mercedes Hutton
Although Galka Scheyer might be an unfamiliar name, the artists she championed have become famous. An exhibition in Pasadena brings her to the foreground.
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Two Miami law enforcement officials say the Netflix crime drama uses real-life details and portrays them in a negative light.
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The best-selling author and collector explains what draws him to add to his own bookshelves.
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What to expect at the book fair in the Saatchi Gallery.
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Here’s a guide to illuminated manuscripts, antique tomes and first editions around the British capital.
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Listen to their 1963 debut through two tunes released just last week.
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She was known for bespoke hats that attracted a celebrity following. Then she left Charleston for an island off South Carolina, where she began cultivating indigo.
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Here are some of the brilliant moments our writers can’t shake from this year’s batch of Tony-nominated productions.
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Inspired by the popular film series, the play has already run in Britain and in four U.S. cities. It arrives in New York in August after a Boston stop.
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He fawned over Old Hollywood stars and sparred with Frank Sinatra. Nora Ephron marveled at his ability to get his subjects to say the things they did.
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Though stand-up by stars like John Mulaney and Dave Chappelle was on the program, roasts, podcasts and other shows that incorporated comedy were hot.
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The film may be about fashion, but for some editors and writers, it gets a lot right about the dire state of fashion journalism.
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Missy Mazzoli and Ellen Reid didn’t have female mentors. They founded Luna Composition Lab so young composers would.
By Lisa Hirsch
In two new Netflix docuseries, women put their lives, safety and sanity on the line to help law enforcement bring down the bad guy.
By Maya Salam
A novel cigarette tax has generated $270 million for cultural organizations in the Cleveland area, which makes declining smoking rates “a double-edged sword.”
By Michaela Towfighi and Ross Mantle
Kyle Buchanan, who has attended the annual launchpad for Oscar contenders in France since 2013, subsists on Red Bull and around four hours of sleep.
By Sarah Bahr
Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers, co-hosts of the Strike Force Five podcast along with Colbert, joined as guests on what is likely their last appearance together on the “Late Show.”
By Trish Bendix
With works showing in New York, Venice and elsewhere, Sara Flores, Suzanne Kite and Seba Calfuqueo are exploding past notions of what, exactly, Indigenous art is.
By Nazanin Lankarani
Latin American galleries. World-class photography. Upcycled design. Art fairs will take over New York this week. Here are seven (of many) worth a visit.
By Rachel Sherman
Gustavo Dudamel brought the New York Philharmonic and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra together for the first time, at Lincoln Center and uptown.
By Adam Nagourney and James Estrin
Tom Brady, the Rock, Chelsea Handler and even Hart’s longtime rival Katt Williams told jokes at Hart’s expense at a Netflix roast.
By Jonathan Abrams
Test your reading recollection with this short quiz.
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The lineup isn’t very starry, but changes in the Oscar rules could affect the Palme d’Or choice. That’s one development we’re tracking.
By Kyle Buchanan
Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon!” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.
By Brian Seibert
A family is vying for the return of a painting it thought was by Rubens. But an expert says it’s a copy because it does not include the artist’s depiction of a peeing cow.
By Catherine Hickley
The HBO comedy, which wrapped up on Sunday, often seemed to be about whatever was keeping Lisa Kudrow and her collaborators up at night. But Valerie Cherish remained undaunted.
By James Poniewozik and Alissa Wilkinson