Arts
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Selma Blair Wants You to See Her Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Selma Blair could only talk for a half-hour in our first session. That was as long as she trusted her…
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Review: ‘Dopesick’ Depicts the Opioid Crisis From All Sides
“Dopesick,” Hulu’s ambitious and intermittently compelling mini-series about the role of Purdue Pharma in the opioid crisis, is built around…
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How Xenia Rubinos Freed Herself on a New Album, ‘Una Rosa’
Xenia Rubinos stuck her head inside a white, doughnut-shaped couch, trying to get a better feel for the furniture’s globular…
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Gavin Creel Lets His Imagination Run Wild With Gay Stories and House Music
Gavin Creel was about to come clean, despite his agent’s worry that it might make him sound like an idiot:…
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Cecily Strong to Make New York Theater Debut at the Shed
Cecily Strong has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award for her standout “Saturday Night Live” impressions that have included…
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At Bessie Awards, Dancers Gather to Celebrate Pandemic Art
The pandemic brought much of the performing arts world in New York to a halt starting last year. But it…
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Beanie Feldstein Feels It All in ‘Impeachment’
Beanie Feldstein is allergic to nearly everything — cats, dairy, fragrances, dust. “I basically live in a bubble,” she said.…
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‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz?
It was the spring of 1970, and Yvonne Elliman, an 18-year-old singer and guitarist from Hawaii, had just finished performing…
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Matt Amodio’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Streak Ends After 38 Wins
Ken Jennings can relax. On Monday, the reigning “Jeopardy!” contestant Matt Amodio lost his 39th game, leaving Jennings’s No. 1…
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Haven’t Watched ‘Squid Game’? Here’s What You’re Not Missing.
This notebook contains spoilers. If you know that you’re supposed to have watched Netflix’s South Korean puzzle box “Squid Game”…