Arts
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2022 Oscars Nominees List
With two Academy Award bellwethers either postponed (as was the case with the Critics’ Choice Awards) or diminished (the Golden…
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Review: In ‘Tambo & Bones,’ a Minstrel’s Guide to Making Money
The minstrel show — that racist brand of theater that perpetuated stereotypes about Black people — was all the rage…
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Black Country, New Road’s Perilous Triumph
On Jan. 31, four days before the British band Black Country, New Road released its second album, “Ants From Up…
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David Olusoga Wants Britain to Face Its Past. All of It.
LONDON — In December, when a British court cleared four Black Lives Matter protesters of criminal damages for toppling the…
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With Little New Competition, ‘Encanto’ Is No. 1 a Fourth Time
Disney’s “Encanto” soundtrack, with songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, tops the Billboard album chart for a fourth time this week, with…
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Spotify Stands by Joe Rogan: ‘Canceling Voices Is a Slippery Slope’
Spotify is not canceling Joe Rogan. Two weeks into an evolving and far-reaching controversy over its star podcaster, who has…
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‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.)
There is a simple, amazing thing that W. Kamau Bell does in his Showtime documentary series, “We Need to Talk…
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A Henry Darger Dispute: Who Inherits the Rights to a Loner’s Genius?
When the janitor-turned-artist Henry Darger died in Chicago at 81 in 1973, leaving a single room crammed with his colorful…
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‘Billions’ Season 6, Episode 3 Recap: Street Fighting Man
“I look at every competitor as a potential partner … right up until I can’t anymore.” As far as one-sentence…
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Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer House Matter?
LAWRENCE, N.Y. — “Are people going to care about one little house?” asked Elizabeth Waytkus, who had been alerted some…