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Brooke Shields, Social Media and the Public’s Withering Gaze
A moment in the documentary “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” that epitomizes the actress’s experience of fame calls back to her…
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A Beauty Brand That Turns Self-Improvement Into a Nightmare
In Ling Ling Huang’s debut, “Natural Beauty,” a woman discovers that there are horrors lurking beneath the surface of a…
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Legacy — and Betrayal — of Black Soldiers
In “The Wounded World,” Chad Williams examines the scholar-activist’s struggle to complete a book about Black troops’ experiences during World…
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How Poetry and Performance Combined to Become a New Genre
In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to…
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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer
After more than two decades at the forefront of electronic dance music (while in a robot-style helmet), the French artist…
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In ‘Beef,’ Road Rage Is Only the Beginning
LOS ANGELES — In the upcoming Netflix series “Beef,” Steven Yeun plays Danny Cho, a struggling handyman in Los Angeles…
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Heidi Gardner Celebrates Easter … Candy
When she isn’t making audiences laugh on “Saturday Night Live,” she’s hanging out with girlfriends, admiring the flowers at 30…
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What is Twitch Viewer Bot?
What is Twitch Viewer Bot? Twitch Viewer Bot is a method that many streamers prefer to use to grow their…
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
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Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris
As Annie Cohen-Solal shows in “Picasso the Foreigner,” the Spanish master was always under suspicion in France, simply for being…