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A “Baritenor” Soars in “Tristan und Isolde”
In Act I, the stage picture is cluttered, the meaning unclear. This is an all too familiar issue at the modern Met, which, under the aegis…
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Roz Chast’s “City Beasts”
Throughout the past year, the cartoonist Roz Chast has been obsessively working with block printing, taking as much pleasure in the…
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Under the Influence at the Whitney Biennial
Although Sula Bermúdez-Silverman’s simultaneously austere and sensual handblown glass sculptures—which are light-bulb-shaped and affixed…
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How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?
From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously…
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New York’s Finest Sandwich
The alchemy of any given sandwich is both specific and forgiving. Its stacked ingredients merge and mingle—you can swap out this or that,…
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Stop Waiting—Start Consulting And Build Scale
I’m often asked how to start a company without outside funding, a huge team, or a perfect plan. My answer is simple: start by selling your…
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China’s Shifting Relationship to the Countryside
Most of the way up the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which rises to a height of more than eighteen thousand feet, in southwestern China’s…
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My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer
Everything took on a sickening poignancy: the boisterous din at our Saturday brunch place where, just a week before, my girlfriends and I…
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Trent Alexander-Arnold's England World Cup hopes in doubt, so what now for Real Madrid defender?
Tuchel, who has made clear his love of the physical nature of English football alongside his want of a solid backline referenced Jarrell…
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Stop Faking Trust And Start Earning Validation
We buy from people and brands we trust. But trust rarely starts with a handshake. It starts with social proof. My take is simple:…
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Remembering Calvin Tomkins, a Master of the Profile
Until the very end, our friend and colleague Calvin Tomkins looked at his life with a sense of wonder and wry amusement. He died on Friday…
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‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Costume Designer on the New Film
Even though Alison McCosh was involved with the production of Netflix‘s “Peaky Blinders” for the series’ last three season, returning for…
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“DTF St. Louis” Peers Into the Suburban Male Psyche
Starting in 2017, Bateman played Marty Byrde, an accountant turned cash launderer for a ruthless Mexican cartel, in “Ozark,” arguably his…
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Why Can’t You Finish Anything?
One obvious way to finish things is to seek out an external structure. It’s true that my book is overdue—and yet, being overdue is…
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Chinese Hit Satire ‘Johnny Keep Walking!’ to Get French Remake Through Master Movies (EXCLUSIVE)
French production company Master Movies has acquired the French remake rights for the 2023 Chinese comedy feature “Johnny Keep Walking!”…
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“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography
When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated…
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In the Age of A.I., What Is Taste? And Do We Still Have It?
With artificial intelligence continuing to dominate corporate strategies and news headlines, Silicon Valley has embraced a new buzzword,…
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Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.?
The couple got into a Warner Bros.-issued Suburban. “Larry, do you have my speech?” Carter called out. (It would remain unread; she lost…
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As Movies Adapt to the Times, the Oscars Can Only Look On
In Hollywood, and at the Oscars, “hope” is a very big word. Chloé Zhao used it in her recorded introduction to a clip from her film…
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Can Psychoanalysis Help You Get the Life You Want?
Phillips is a figure for our therapy-soaked era, even if, for him, therapy feeds into and enables life, whereas we often seem to view life…
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Maira Kalman’s “Amid It All”
For the cover of the March 23, 2026, Spring Style & Design Issue, the artist Maira Kalman painted a vase exploding with flowers, capturing…
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How Arsenio Hall Shook Up Late Night
Late night isn’t just a time slot. It’s a concept, a temporal metaphor for what we can get away with under the cloak of night, when the…
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The 2026 Oscars Review: A Tasteful and Overly Safe Show Sustained by Just Enough Suspense
In the best of all worlds, the Oscars are exciting: fun and suspenseful, moving and meaningful. At their most supreme, they leave you with…