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Olivia Newton-John, Pop Singer and ‘Grease’ Star, Dies at 73
Olivia Newton-John, who sang some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and ’80s while recasting her image as the…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles History (in a Half-Shell)
There’s a great episode of “The Simpsons” in which Roger Myers Jr., a cartoon producer who runs the hit show…
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‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Review: An Adaptation That Needs Tailoring
CHICAGO — A movie-to-musical that wants to have its cake and eat it, too, and still fit into a sample…
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How New York City Got Its Fresh Water
NINETEEN RESERVOIRSOn Their Creation and the Promise of Water for New York CityBy Lucy SanteWith photographs by Tim DavisIllustrated. 195…
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A Sparsely Populated Island, a Marital Spat and a Missing Husband
The mark of a promising series is that each installment can stand alone, and readers can begin with any book.…
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Even the Idea of Motherhood Is Lonely
DIARY OF A VOID, by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North Blame it on social media, on…
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The Heady Nihilism of Kotaro Isaka
THREE ASSASSINS, by Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa The killings that take place in “Three Assassins” — and there…
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Investigators Say Collector Had Suspect Art and Lots of Chutzpah
For years, Georges Lotfi made himself a valuable source of information to prosecutors investigating the global trafficking of looted antiquities…
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Dominates the Album and Singles Charts
For her last two solo albums, Beyoncé turned the music business on its head by rewriting the standard marketing playbook.…
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In Lawsuits, Ex-Employees Offer Harsh Portrait of Project Veritas
The conservative group Project Veritas has for years sought to embarrass political opponents and members of media organizations by ...