Arts
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Wanted: Writers for Awards Show Jokes. Must Be Skilled at Diplomacy
Hosts who have to entertain insiders at the ceremony and outsiders watching at home. Presenters who change their minds. No…
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Why Is There No Oscar for Best Choreography?
Imaginative dance abounds in Hollywood, but its creators remain unheralded at awards time.
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Playing Infinite Craft Is Like Peering Into an A.I.’s Brain
A large language model generates answers as gamers combine blocks of text. It can get as weird as “Farming Simulator…
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Jazz Concerts Celebrate Met Opera Composers on an Intimate Scale
Terence Blanchard and Anthony Davis, recent pioneers at the Metropolitan Opera, returned to earlier works in a pair of performances…
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‘Spaceman’ Has an Identity Crisis. So Do Plenty of Sci-Fi Space Movies.
With the release of Adam Sandler’s odd, middling and expensive new Netflix film, a look at space movie misfires of…
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In ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘The Zone of Interest,’ We Hear What We Are
Humans have spent much of history coming up with novel ways to exterminate one another, but the defining feature of…
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The ‘Dune’ Popcorn Bucket and the Golden Age of Movie Merch
The hilariously suggestive misfire is a reminder of the days when too-weird-to-be-true film mementos could be found in every kitchen…
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Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Is Already Looking Toward the Election
In its opening sketch, “S.N.L.” offered a parody of a CNN political show.
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How Sean Ono Lennon Helped His Parents Send a Message
To keep their legacy relevant for a new generation, he worked on the short “War Is Over! Inspired by the…