Arts and entertainment news from Guardian US
Arts
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Late-night hosts recap Jeff Bezos’s trip to space aboard a phallic rocket and Fox News passing anti-vax propaganda off as defenses of freedom
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Artist Coby Kennedy constructed a plexiglass cell to show people the confined space that a wrongly imprisoned teen was placed in for almost two years at Rikers Island
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2 out of 5 stars.
Sexy Beasts – would you want to date a white mouse with a mullet?
2 out of 5 stars.In Netflix’s dating show, contestants dress as animals, insects, demons and dinosaurs – so they’re not chosen for their looks. The results are so screamingly awful, you’ll end up weeping into your sofa
Talking points
People
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Inspired by Spears’ case, the Free Act would bring protection and oversight to a ‘broken system’
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Once an earnest indie singer with Slow Club, Rebecca Lucy Taylor is now a take-no-prisoners pop diva. Can her patriarchy-smashing anthems conquer the charts?
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The big picture
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From schoolchildren to squatters and punks, Michael Schmidt captured the people and buildings of his native Berlin – as well as its unique atmosphere in the shadow of the Wall. Now, a retrospective at the Jeu de Paume in Paris offers a complete overview of his groundbreaking images, taken between 1965 and 2014
Pictures & video
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From schoolchildren to squatters and punks, Michael Schmidt captured the people and buildings of his native Berlin – as well as its unique atmosphere in the shadow of the Wall. Now, a retrospective at the Jeu de Paume in Paris offers a complete overview of his groundbreaking images, taken between 1965 and 2014
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The Bourdain AI furore shouldn’t overshadow an effective, complicated film