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Little Fang Oklahoma! Gets a Dark, Brilliant Remake
More than 75 years after the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical debuted, a daring new production seeks to re-create the frisson of the original—with some changes.
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Eric Liebowitz / FX Moving Past the ‘Singular Genius’ Version of the Bob Fosse Story
The new FX limited series Fosse/Verdon explores the director-choreographer’s complicated relationship with the dancer Gwen Verdon.
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Evan Vucci / Associated Press California Is at War With the Trump White House
Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump’s border wall and immigrant bashing “a national disgrace.”
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Bettmann / Getty The 1969 Academy Awards Captured a Shifting Moment in Movie History
Fifty years ago, the Oscars showed old Hollywood giving way to the new—in ways that feel strikingly resonant today.
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Filippo Monteforte / AFP / Getty The Hollywood Producer Behind Bryan Singer’s Stalled Movie
With his Barnumesque persona and mixed reputation, Avi Lerner has gained significant success—and notoriety—in the film industry. But who is he, really?
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J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press The Second Coming of Nancy Pelosi
“Trump’s a silly man, and she knows it,” says one admirer. “He’s not going to be a problem for her.”
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J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Kevin McCarthy’s Pyrrhic Victory
The California Republican has a thankless job leading an outgunned minority, but says, “We gotta try harder.”
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Associated Press City Hall to the White House: Can’t Get There From Here
Before Bill de Blasio and Eric Garcetti decide to run, they ought to look back on Lindsay and Yorty in 1972.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Trumpworld Follows a Godfather Script—Literally
Roger Stone allegedly urged an associate to “do a ‘Frank Pentangeli,’” in reference to a Corleone-family capo.
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Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press Jerry Brown’s Greatest Legacy Is Proving California Is Governable
After disparate tours in which he served as California’s youngest and oldest governor, Brown never lost his quirky asceticism.
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Annapurna Pictures Humanizing Dick Cheney
In the biopic Vice, Adam McKay explores the dichotomy between the vice president’s mild, private personality and dark, public persona.
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J.Scott Applewhite / AP Gingrich Shut Down the Government in a Tantrum 23 Years Ago
And American politics have never been the same.
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Chris Fabregas / Shutterstock Christmas in La-La Land
Holiday magic in Los Angeles comes down to the thing that always sets California apart: the quality of light.
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Jim Young / Reuters A Kinder, Gentler Republican President Is Dead
And so is everything he represented about the office.
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Frank Masi / Sony Pictures The Question at the Center of the New Gary Hart Movie
The Front Runner, starring Hugh Jackman, wonders: To what extent did the 1987 scandal fuel the brand of freak-show politics that produced a Donald Trump presidency?
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Jae C. Hong / AP California Democrats Are Still Claiming House Seats
The state is bluer than ever, as Republican leads on Election Night in several competitive House races slowly evaporate.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Latest Drama in Trump’s Slow-Motion Saturday Night Massacre
The president seemed to jump the shark at a White House news conference, threatening Democrats and reporters—and then he fired Jeff Sessions.
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Netflix An Unfinished Orson Welles Film Finally Gets a Debut
More than 40 years after the director ended photography on it, The Other Side of the Wind is seeing the light of day.
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Ringo H. W. Chiu / Associated Press Democrats Want to Flip Six Seats in California
There are at least a half-dozen tight House races in California, where Democrats are counting on changing demographics and Trump’s historic unpopularity to take GOP seats.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump’s Absentee Presidency
The New York billionaire seems unable to comfort the nation in times of tragedy or celebrate its moments of triumph.
