In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step?
Melissa McCarthy has broken through in Hollywood, but her success is viewed by studios as an anomaly. Danielle Macdonald hopes to flip the script.
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Watching Neo-Nazis in Virginia From a German Opera House
Ruminating on a storied German opera festival’s troubled past, only to learn at intermission that Nazi sympathizers were on the march back home.
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Photo Creditvia Sotheby's Found: Oldest Known Photo of a U.S. President (Socks and All)
A recently surfaced original daguerreotype taken in 1843 of John Quincy Adams will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in October.
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Photo CreditFingerprint Releasing/Bleecker Street Review: ‘Logan Lucky’: Steven Soderbergh and His Motley Band of Thieves
This class-conscious caper, with Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as down-on-their-luck brothers, is ridiculously entertaining.
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Photo CreditRichard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated Press ‘I’m Grateful for What Taylor Swift Did’: Readers React to the Verdict
The New York Times asked women to share their experiences and thoughts about the pop star’s testimony on sexual assault.
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Photo CreditMark Metcalfe/Getty Images Queens of the Stone Age, Redefining Itself to Renew Its Sound
Joshua Homme’s band teamed with the pop- and soul-leaning producer Mark Ronson for its seventh album, “Villains,” but didn’t stray far from its aesthetic.
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Album Review
Photo CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Review: Grizzly Bear Staves Off Despair With Beauty on ‘Painted Ruins’
The band’s fifth album — its first for a major label — turns more cryptic and voluptuous, and emphasizes its longstanding 1960s and ’70s influences.
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Critic's Notebook
Photo CreditHilary Scott A Weekend Can Span Centuries at Tanglewood
Our critic’s visit to the Boston Symphony’s home in the Berkshires began with Purcell’s 17th-century “Fairy Queen” and ended with a work from 2015.
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Photo Credit Have You Seen This Lil Buck Dance?
Breaking down one extraordinary performance, gesture by perfect gesture.
