Arts
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Beyoncé’s Country Is America: Every Bit of It
On the bold, sprawling “Cowboy Carter,” the superstar plays fast and loose — and twangy — with genre.
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J.B. Smoove Thinks You Could Stand to Get Out More
Although he plays a sort of permanent houseguest on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “I tell young people all the time to…
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Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Go From ‘Fargo’ to ‘Moscow’
The first time that Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead shot a scene together, they were in a bathtub, mostly…
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Cynthia Nixon Knows What Poem She Wants Read at Her Funeral
“I love ‘I heard a Fly buzz — when I died,’” said the actress, currently performing Off Broadway in “The…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Presents Trump Bibles
Ramy Youssef hosted this weekend’s episode, which also spoofed immigrant fathers and Flaco the owl.
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A Warhol Superstar, but Never a Star
Cynthia Carr’s compassionate biography chronicles the brief, poignant life of the transgender actress Candy Darling, whose “very existence was radical.”
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6 Y.A. Novels That Open Conversations About Teen Chronic Illness
Maya Van Wagenen, the author of “Chronically Dolores,” shares her favorite young adult books that authentically represent being a teenager…
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This Is the Way the World Ends (According to Novelists)
In the opening chapters of “2054,” a new thriller co-written by Elliot Ackerman and Adm. James Stavridis, the action shifts…
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17 New Books Coming in April
The Cemetery of Untold Stories, by Julia Alvarez After decades in America, a Dominican writer named Alma Cruz “retires” to…
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The Sean Combs Saga Is Catnip for Pop Culture Podcasts
The raids of Combs’s homes have been a primary topic on podcasts and radio shows that cover the Black entertainment…