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Kevin Winter / FOX / ImageDirect How Aerosmith and Run-DMC Begrudgingly Made a Masterpiece
Initially, neither group was excited about collaborating for “Walk This Way.” The rest is history.
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Jack Mitchell / Getty Wes Anderson Is Under Edward Gorey’s Spell
He was a writer-artist ahead of his time, but Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket, and American culture have finally caught up.
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AFP / Getty Images The Feud That Birthed the Electric Guitar
Les Paul and Leo Fender were fierce competitors. Their rivalry led them both in the same direction—toward the creation of the solid-bodied instrument that changed the course of rock music.
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Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Royal Council / Anadolu ... When Donald Trump Touched the Magic Orb
Every presidency has iconic photographs. But there’s nothing else like this one.
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Netflix Netflix Captures the Doom and Dread of Watership Down
The series taps into the timeliness (and timelessness) of stories about oppressive political systems.
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Ian Wright; photo by David Harrison; courtesy of ... The Haunting Last Letters of Sylvia Plath
As tragedy approaches, she is stricken, broken—and at the height of her artistic powers.
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Hulton Deutsch / Corbis Historical / Getty The Misremembering of Robert Graves
Good-bye to All That is arguably the war veteran and literary stalwart’s best work, but a new biography ignores its impact.
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Apple Corps Ltd. What the Beatles Sounded Like Unedited
Fifty years after its debut, The White Album has been reissued to include demos and sessions, giving listeners a wider lens through which to examine the seminal work from the band.
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Rune Fisker Jack Reacher Still Won’t Quit, 23 Books Later
The literary hero’s coffee-chugging, cigarette-devouring creator, Lee Child, just released his latest novel. He shows no signs of slowing down.
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Chris Carroll / Getty R.E.M., in Retrospect
With R.E.M. at the BBC, the band culls together 104 songs for a vast and slightly dizzying retrospective.
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Michael Putland / Getty The Bizarre Beat of Yoko Ono’s Drum
In her new album, Warzone, the artist updates songs from her catalog, but misses the mark more often than not.
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Cathal Duane Paul McCartney Can’t Stop Making People Happy
Now 76, with a new album, the pop legend continues to delight and comfort the world with his music.
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Mara Vivat / Getty How To Write About Royalty
In 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, the author Craig Brown captures Queen Elizabeth’s younger sister perfectly.
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Katie Martin; Adult Swim The Cartoon That Captures the Damaged American Male
Rick and Morty is a dialectic of masculinity unmoored.
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Erica Parise / SHOWTIME Jim Carrey Masters His Act in Kidding
In a new Showtime series, the actor delivers the same gripping performance that’s been characteristic of his career: moving, thoughtful, and maniacal.
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Kristian Buus / Getty Viv Albertine’s Got Something to Say
For her second memoir, the irreverent punk icon mixes a bit of vulnerability with a lot of grit.
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Rob Baker Ashton The Unlikely Harmony Between Iggy Pop and Underworld
Two musical giants collide in Teatime Dub Encounters to produce a fascinating dialogue between old-school rock and New Age electronic.
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Ryan Olbrysh The Wisdom of Russell Brand
The comedian-actor’s interview podcast, Under the Skin, is a fascinating listen that channels its host’s energy and interests in surprisingly productive ways
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Jesse Lenz Live-Streaming the Apocalypse With NRATV
The online-streaming service of the National Rifle Association is part lifestyle channel, part gun-lobby orifice—and it wants to make you buy firearms.
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Audun Rikardsen / BBC The Beauty and Horror of Blue Planet II
David Attenborough’s latest documentary gorgeously reveals the world’s oceans—and shows how badly humans are screwing them up.
