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Intense and emotional, the hip-hop superstar has become a national joke. Could a concert tour with Jay-Z, his preternaturally controlled friend and rival, offer redemption—or disaster?
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Intense and emotional, the hip-hop superstar has become a national joke. Could a concert tour with Jay-Z, his preternaturally controlled friend and rival, offer redemption—or disaster?
The video-game developer Jonathan Blow is his industry’s harshest critic. In trying to prove the artistic capacity of his medium, Blow may cement his legacy—or end his career.
The once-popular game is suffering from boring grandmasters and controversial leadership. |
Paramount
The newly reissued 'Harold and Maude' is funny, but it didn't treat Maude's love life as a joke.
ABC
'Dark Shadows' adapts a long-running serial—the kind of network show that just doesn't work anymore.
Re Elect
An exhibit on display in New York shows MFA students reinterpreting past presidents' tenures for the present.
NBC
The show's first year after Steve Carell's departure was rough, but next season should be better.
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A new exhibition of Richard Avedon's photography shows off the sartorial choices of activists like Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg.
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Louisiana's regional music scene is embracing its own traditions while reinterpreting popular music.
Telltale Games
Game creators are experimenting with shorter, episodic stories.
Fox
In its first season, the show's gone from a Zooey Deschanel quirkfest to a funny, accurate picture of the awkwardness of young adulthood.
Marvel
Black Widow's display of vulnerability shows the challenge of being a female superhero—and an empowered woman in the real world.
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Even as print publications are getting rid of reviewers, websites and podcasts offer new ways of approaching literature.
Reuters
The outpouring of grief when Adam Yauch died Friday showed the incredible reach of his band's music.
Reuters
The new rock hall-of-famers had a bad-boy image—but did their most successful work on mushy ballads.
ABC
How the ABC soap went from being a tiresome collection of mean-girl cliches to a sensitive portrait of religious people
Reuters
An interview with filmmaker Sean Pamphilon about his latest work-in-progress,"The United States of Football"
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Will the NFL commissioner's harsh punishment set a precedent? What options do the players have? An expert answers these questions, and more.
Nonesuch
Wilco's legendary album, which turned 10 last week, was about how hard it is to communicate honestly.
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On the eve of the sport's biggest event, it needs more than a Triple Crown to survive.
Bloomsbury
Warren Berger's next book will look to improve the very act of asking.
Columbia Pictures
'Men In Black III' or 'Moonrise Kingdom'? 'G.I. Joe' or 'Magic Mike'? Could the new 'Spider-Man' be good?
Una Noche
Two recent movies dramatize struggles to leave the island—just as two actors decide themselves to do so.
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
